Stephen Badylak on “Regenerative Medicine: Possibilities and Potential” at Singularity Summit 2011

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Foregen

Dr. Stephen Badylak  is a professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, and he’s the deputy director of the McGowan  institute for regenerative medicine. He began his career at Purdue University in 1983, and has practiced both veterinary and … Continue reading →

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Foregen’s advertising campaign begins in Chico, CA

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Foregen

Foregen has unveiled the first billboard in its advertising campaign, starting in Chico, CA.  The billboard confronts the key human rights issue with circumcision, whether the individual ever gave permission for such an operation.  But it also makes motorists and … Continue reading →

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Pioneering Foreskin Regeneration to Reverse Circumcision: An Interview with the Founder of Foregen

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Foregen

BY JONATHAN FRIEDMAN IntactNews speaks with Vincenzo Aiello, the founder of Foregen, a non-profit organization raising funds for foreskin regeneration using the latest regenerative medicine technologies. Foregen aims to provide free foreskin regeneration surgeries for men who were circumcised without their … Continue reading →

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Surgeons carry out first synthetic windpipe transplant

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Foregen

  Scientists in London created an artificial windpipe which was then coated in stem cells from the patient.Crucially, the technique does not need a donor, and there is no risk of the organ being rejected. The surgeons stress a windpipe … Continue reading →

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Foregen Udpate: Membership and forums are open, application for U.S. non-profit status submitted

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Jonathan Friedman

Dear Friends, On June 30th we submitted our application for recognition as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the U.S. Once we achieve 501(c)(3) status, we will be able to operate as a tax-exempt organization as well as to receieve tax-deductible … Continue reading →

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Anthony Atala on growing new organs

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Foregen

Anthony Atala’s state-of-the-art lab grows human organs — from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows footage of his bio-engineers working with some of its sci-fi gizmos, including an oven-like bioreactor (preheat to 98.6 F) … Continue reading →

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Anthony Atala :Printing a human kidney

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Foregen

Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala’s young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder 10 years … Continue reading →

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Prof. Paolo Macchiarini used Stem Cells to Grow Windpipes

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Foregen

Dott. Macchiarini shows that is possible to regrow a trachea .    

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Professor Doris Taylor:” I think we’re years away and not decades away. It is not unreasonable to imagine within the next four or five years we’ll have some organs we can transplant”

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Foregen

  Ellen Fanning has just had the most amazing experience, a glimpse of the future. Ellen saw a living, beating heart built from scratch in a laboratory.It’s a major breakthrough, a vital step toward custom-made human body parts for transplants.Say … Continue reading →

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Skin-cell spray gun drastically cuts healing time for burns

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Foregen

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