Cutting-edge tissue regeneration therapies soon to be a reality

July 30, 2019

Printable, on-the-spot heart repair. Tiny vehicles delivering stem cells to organs in need. Silver scaffolds implanted into an eyeball. Scenes from a sci-fi film, or plausible therapy?

Learn about the extraordinary new developments out of Dr. Emilio Alarcon’s BioEngineering and Therapeutic Solutions laboratory (BEaTS) at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and how innovations like the ones pioneered here have potential to save billions of dollars and millions of lives.

Read the full article: Cutting-edge tissue regeneration therapies to soon be a reality, by Michelle Read, University of Ottawa.

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