Referred to as the “next evolution of medical treatments” by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the field of regenerative medicine is revolutionizing health care.
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) is the largest research institute of its kind in the world and an international leader in regenerative medicine research. Here you will find over 500 scientists, doctors, and students in every scientific and medical discipline all under one roof as part of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Here, we’re working on:
- Engineering more than 40 different replacement tissues and organs.
- Utilizing nanoscale bioengineering to create a miniaturized system of human organs, including lungs, heart, liver and kidneys — tiny organs used for testing medications and better informing FDA testing and approval.
- Creating tumors on a chip from diagnostic biopsies to help determine which type of treatment a patient is likely to best respond to.
- Printing new skin cells directly onto the burns of our patients.
We are a team passionately driven by one goal: to find new and better ways to help the human body repair, regenerate and heal itself — and to do it for the world.
