• Pitt
  • Health Sciences
  • UPMC
Regenerative Medicine at the McGowan InstituteRegenerative Medicine at the McGowan InstituteRegenerative Medicine at the McGowan InstituteRegenerative Medicine at the McGowan Institute
  • Home
  • Our People
    • Faculty/Staff Bios
    • Core Faculty Publications
    • Administrative Resources
  • Our Technologies
  • About Us
    • Welcome
    • Video
    • Statistics
    • Mission Statement
    • What Is Regenerative Medicine?
    • Executive Committee
    • Contact Us
    • Clinical Site
  • Our Research
    • Focus Areas
      • Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
      • Cellular Therapies
      • Medical Devices and Artificial Organs
      • Clinical Translation
    • Matrix
    • Centers
    • Laboratories
    • Clinical Trials
    • Initiatives
  • Media
    • Current News
    • News Archive
    • Video
    • Podcasts
    • Newsletter
    • Grant of the Month
    • Publication of the Month
    • Media Contact
    • Video Links
  • Professional Development
    • Seminar Series
    • Special Events
    • Student Interest Groups
    • CATER
    • Post-Doctoral Opportunities
    • Career Opportunities
    • Wiegand Summer Internship
    • Admissions
    • Summer School
    • 2021 Scientific Retreat
    • Human Performance Optimization Conference

Newsletter 2018

Newsletter
Media Newsletter 2018

Newsletter | December 2018

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Newsletter, Newsletter 2018 | December 19, 2018
ambrosioetal

December 2018 | VOL. 17, NO. 12| www.McGowan.pitt.edu

‘Longevity Protein’ Rejuvenates Muscle Healing in Old Mice

One of the downsides to getting older is that skeletal muscle loses its ability to heal after injury. New research from the University of Pittsburgh implicates the so-called “longevity protein” Klotho, both as culprit and therapeutic target.

Read More

Newsletter | November 2018

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Newsletter, Newsletter 2018 | November 30, 2018
Wells_2013

November 2018 | VOL. 17, NO. 11| www.McGowan.pitt.edu

Statins May Help Prevent Breast Cancer Metastasis

Mary Kekatos Health Reporter for the Dailymail.com and the Dailymail.com Reporter, recently detailed in her article that statins could prevent the spread of breast cancer, per a new study.  Researchers say the drugs, which combat high cholesterol, do not prevent the cancer from occurring but stop it from spreading to other organs.  Experiments performed in human cells and laboratory mice found that the pills prevent tumors from migrating to the lungs and liver.

Read More

Newsletter | October 2018

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Newsletter, Newsletter 2018 | October 30, 2018
drs b and h and ms d

October 2018 | VOL. 17, NO. 10| www.McGowan.pitt.edu

Technologies from the Badylak Lab Licensed for Development

ECM Therapeutics, Inc. has licensed multiple extracellular matrix (ECM) technologies developed in the laboratory of Stephen Badylak, DVM, PhD, MD (pictured top), including hydrogels, bioactive derivatives and methods for delivering these materials within the body. Dr. Badylak is a professor in the Department of Surgery, a deputy director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and the director of the Center for Pre-Clinical Tissue Engineering within the Institute.

Read More

Newsletter | September 2018

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Newsletter, Newsletter 2018 | September 28, 2018
drs. b and r

September 2018 | VOL. 17, NO. 9| www.McGowan.pitt.edu

2018 Health Care Hero Award Winners:  Drs. Stephen Badylak and J. Peter Rubin

Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Business Times, the 2018 Health Care Hero Awards honor the individuals, companies, and organizations in western Pennsylvania for their contributions to improving health care in our region.

Read More

Newsletter | August 2018

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Newsletter, Newsletter 2018 | August 30, 2018
Tuan

August 2018 | VOL. 17, NO. 8| www.McGowan.pitt.edu

Platelet-Rich Plasma Does Not Promote Stem Cell-Mediated Cartilage Repair

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is believed to provide pain relief and help to improve joint function in degenerative joint disease, but a new study—coauthored by McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty member Rocky Tuan, PhD, Vice-Chancellor and President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong—has shown that it does not act by promoting stem cell proliferation or enhance the cartilage formation capabilities of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). The effects of PRP treatment on cartilage formation and chondrogenesis in the presence of adult human MSCs derived from two different sources are reported in the study published in Tissue Engineering, Part A, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

Read More

Newsletter | July 2018

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Newsletter, Newsletter 2018 | July 31, 2018
dr f and wife

July 2018 | VOL. 17, NO. 7| www.McGowan.pitt.edu

Seeing a Brighter Future

In the Pitt Summer 2018 edition, author Jennie Dorris highlights the career paths of McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty member James Funderburgh, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Cell Biology & Physiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and his wife, Martha Funderburgh, MPH, Lab Manager and Sr. Research Technician, Corneal Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  The story provides “an exciting outlook for a research team inspired by personal experience and driven by the desire to help others see a brighter future.”

Read More

Newsletter | June 2018

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Newsletter, Newsletter 2018 | June 28, 2018
Little

June 2018 | VOL. 17, NO. 6| www.McGowan.pitt.edu

Dr. Steven Little Receives International Young Investigator Award for Development of Novel Drug Delivery Systems

The Controlled Release Society has announced that McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine faculty member and University of Pittsburgh professor Steven Little, PhD, is the recipient of its 2018 Young Investigator Award. The honor annually recognizes one individual in the world, 40 years of age or younger, for outstanding contributions to the science of controlled release. Dr. Little is the William Kepler Whiteford Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering.

Read More

Newsletter | May 2018

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Newsletter, Newsletter 2018 | May 30, 2018
drs h l and f

May 2018 | VOL. 17, NO. 5| www.McGowan.pitt.edu

From Technology Developed at the McGowan Institute, LyGenesis Closes $3 Million Series A Financing to Advance Its Organ Regeneration Technology to the Clinic

LyGenesis, Inc., a biotechnology company developing innovative technology for organ regeneration, announced recently that they have raised $3 million in Series A financing from Juvenescence, Ltd.  LyGenesis’ technology uses lymph nodes as bioreactors to regrow functioning organs within a patient’s own body. The financing will enable LyGenesis to complete the final preclinical work required to enable human clinical trials, which will initially focus on patients with end stage liver disease.

Read More

Newsletter | April 2018

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Newsletter, Newsletter 2018 | April 30, 2018
WagnerAward

April 2018 | VOL. 17, NO. 4| www.McGowan.pitt.edu

Pitt Researcher Named Inventor of the Year

William Wagner, PhD, director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and professor of Surgery, Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, has been selected as the 2018 Inventor of the Year by the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association.

Read More

Newsletter | March 2018

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Newsletter, Newsletter 2018 | March 30, 2018
Photo by Michael Drazdzinski

Photo by Michael Drazdzinski

March 2018 | VOL. 17, NO. 3| www.McGowan.pitt.edu

McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Holds Its Annual Scientific Retreat

The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine held its 2018 Scientific Retreat March 5-6, 2018. The focus was on peer-to-peer networking, and the retreat provided many opportunities to explore collaborative endeavors with other researchers, participating guests, and external partners who are working to bring regenerative medicine technologies to clinical use.

Read More

Newsletter | February 2018

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Newsletter, Newsletter 2018 | February 28, 2018
badylak liver

February 2018 | VOL. 17, NO. 2| www.McGowan.pitt.edu

Engineering a Functional Whole Organ for Transplantation

Per the United Network for Organ Sharing, every ten minutes, someone is added to the national transplant waiting list in need of a kidney, liver, pancreas, heart, lung, or intestine, the most needed organs of 2017.  As of the end of January 2018, there were 114,883 people needing a lifesaving organ transplant (total waiting list candidates) with 74,722 of those people being active waiting list candidates.  Tragically, on average, 20 people die each day while waiting for a transplant.  More than 7,000 candidates died in 2016 while on the wait list, or within 30 days of leaving the list for personal or medical reasons, without receiving an organ transplant.

Read More

Newsletter | January 2018

By The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Newsletter, Newsletter 2018 | January 31, 2018
Gittes

January 2018 | VOL. 17, NO. 1| www.McGowan.pitt.edu

Gene Therapy Reverses Autoimmune Diabetes in Mice

Reversing autoimmune type 1 diabetes without immunosuppression has proven to be extremely difficult, but in a study published in Cell Stem Cell, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine report achieving that outcome in mice using gene therapy.

Read More

  • site map
  • links
  • contact
  • subscribe to our newsletter
© Copyright 2021 McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
A program of the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • Home
  • Our People
    • Faculty/Staff Bios
    • Core Faculty Publications
    • Administrative Resources
  • Our Technologies
  • About Us
    • Welcome
    • Video
    • Statistics
    • Mission Statement
    • What Is Regenerative Medicine?
    • Executive Committee
    • Contact Us
    • Clinical Site
  • Our Research
    • Focus Areas
      • Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
      • Cellular Therapies
      • Medical Devices and Artificial Organs
      • Clinical Translation
    • Matrix
    • Centers
    • Laboratories
    • Clinical Trials
    • Initiatives
  • Media
    • Current News
    • News Archive
    • Video
    • Podcasts
    • Newsletter
    • Grant of the Month
    • Publication of the Month
    • Media Contact
    • Video Links
  • Professional Development
    • Seminar Series
    • Special Events
    • Student Interest Groups
    • CATER
    • Post-Doctoral Opportunities
    • Career Opportunities
    • Wiegand Summer Internship
    • Admissions
    • Summer School
    • 2021 Scientific Retreat
    • Human Performance Optimization Conference
Regenerative Medicine at the McGowan Institute