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29125
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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.
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36274
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Medical advancements possible over the next decade included cryopreservation, controlling prosthetic limbs with the mind, and nanotechnology. Areas projected for improvement or further development over the next ten years included gene therapy, noninvasive technology, and cure of Dementia diseases. As for an area the author acknowledges is not clear, it involves medical ethics: when to cease providing procedures, especially where age is concerned.
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29365
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North Carolina's research hospitals are on the cutting edge of medical research in fields such as AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's, and diabetes. Researchers at Duke University are examining AIDS vaccines and the movement of cells, while researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are building a computer network that allows doctors to use simulated models to deliver radiation treatment. Additionally, researchers are Wake Forest University are focusing on chronic diseases, while collaborative projects between UNC-Charlotte and Carolinas Medical Center include examination of the interaction between heart vessels and lasers.
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NC Magazine (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 49 Issue 11, November 1991, p25-28, 30-31, por
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589
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Wake Forest University begins a $150 million capital campaign.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 48 Issue 9, Sept 1990, p30-33, il
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13512
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The move of Wake Forest to Forsyth will make this a school county, as it already is an industrial and medical center. But 200 years ago it was already an educational center.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 21 Issue 35, Jan 1954, p12-14, f
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