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Welcome to the fifth edition of the Regenerative Engineering and Medicine (REM) research center's e-newsletter.  Questions? Contact us.
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2017 REM SEED Grants
REM Nurturing Collaborative Research

Seed grants awarded to eight interdisciplinary teams from Georgia Tech, Emory University, and University of Georgia.

inaugural seed grant
First Allen Family Award Announced

Todd Sulcheck (Georgia Tech), Young-sup Yoon (Emory), and James Laderdale (UGA) awarded the inaugural award of the J. David Allen and Family Seed Grant Program in cellular manufacturing.

nsf engineering research center awarded
NSF Engineering Research Center Will Help Expand the Uses of Cell-based Therapies

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $20 million to a consortium of universities including Georgia Tech, Emory University, and UGA to support a new center that will help expand use of therapies based on living cells.

NIH Grant awarded
Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance Receives $51 Million NIH Grant

The alliance is celebrating 10 years of research advancement by expanding across the state through a five year, $51 million award. Emory University leads this alliance with partners including Georgia Tech, UGA, and Morehouse School of Medicine.

regenerative medicine workshop
Call for Abstracts - Deadline Dec. 1, 2017

The Regenerative Medicine Workshop is now accepting abstracts for the March 21-24, 2018 workshop in its new location at the Wild Dunes Resort in Charleston, South Carolina. Submit your abstract today!

Research Highlights

Emory university
Using Your Own Stem Cells to Help Your Body Heal Osteoarthritis

A non-surgical treatment for osteoarthritis has been gaining attention - a treatment that relies upon the power of the human body to help heal itself.

Emory university
Winship Gives New Meaning to the Big "C"

Winship Cancer Institute has been granted Comprehensive Cancer Center status by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the highest designation given by the NCI.

Georgia Institute of technology
Researchers join the Cancer Systems Biology Consortium with $3.2 Million NCI Grant

Melissa Kemp and a multidisciplinary research team to study metabolic features predictive of tumor response in head and neck cancers. As part of the award, the researchers will join and participate in the NCI Cancer Systems Biology Consortium.

Georgia institute of technology
Digging Deeper into RSV

Phil Santangelo's lab makes startling discovery in research of common, widespread virus.

university of georgia
'Brain Glue' Repairs Traumatic Brain Injuries

Researchers led by Lohitash Karumbaiah have developed Brain Glue, a substance that could one day serve as a treatment for traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs.

university of georgia
New Livestock Model for Stroke Could Speed Drug Discovery

Research led by Franklin West has developed the first U.S. pig model for stroke treatments, which will provide essential preclinical data and speed the drug discovery process.

Publication Highlights

Lancet
The Safety, Immunogenicity, and Acceptability of Inactivated Influenza Vaccine Delivered by Microneedle Patch (TIV-MNP 2015): A Randomised, Partly Blinded, Placebo-controlled, Phase 1 Trial

Rouphael NG, Paine M, Mosley R, Henry S, McAllister DV, Kalluri H, Pewin W, Frew PM, Yu T, Thornburg NJ, Kabbani S, Lai L, Vassilieva EV, Skountzou I, Compans RW, Mulligan MJ, Prausnitz MR

nature immunology
Translation is Actively Regulated during the Differentiation of CD8+ Effector T Cells

Araki K, Morita M, Bederman AG, Konieczny BT, Kissick HT, Sonenberg N, Ahmed R

scientific reports
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Neural Stem Cell Therapy Enhances Recovery in an Ischemic Stroke Pig Model

Baker EW, Platt SR, Lau VW, Grace HE, Holmes SP, Wang L, Duberstein KJHowerth EW, Kinder HA, Stice SL, Hess DC, Mao HWest FD

journal of the american college of cardiology
Overcoming the Roadblocks to Cardiac Cell Therapy Using Tissue Engineering

Yanamandala M, Zhu W, Garry DJ, Kamp TJ, Hare JM, Jun HW, Yoon YS, Bursac N, Prabhu SD, Dorn GW 2nd, Bolli R, Kitsis RN, Zhang J

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