Record #:

29125

Author(s):

Saylor, Teri

Abstract:

Although science fiction twenty-five years ago, creating tissues and organs from human cells is a reality for Anthony Atala. Atala is now the W.H. Boyce professor and chairman of Winston Salem-based Wake Forest University's urology department and director of wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine where he continues clinical trials to generate functional bladders.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 8, August 2017, p64-65, por

Subject(s):

Medicine--Innovations; Wake Forest University