Welcome
to the Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IRM)
The Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine was established in 2007 by President Amy Gutmann and Provost Ronald Daniels to promote discoveries in stem cell biology and regeneration and to translate these discoveries into new therapies to alleviate suffering and disease, and to encourage and advance education, public discourse and debate as it relates to stem cell and regeneration biology.
IRM Supports New Research
Penn offers a unique opportunity to translate discovery into therapy due to its proximity to various schools and their faulty. To further promote this research, the IRM recently provided three pilot awards in regenerative medicine.
In the News
- April 2008 - Center of Excellence Research Internship begins recruitment for 2008-2009. See flyer or apply now!
- April 2008 - The Hinxton Group releases consensus statement: The Science, Ethics, and Policy Challenges of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Gametes. Read more...
- April 2008 - Contrary to the currently accepted model of T-cell development, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that juvenile cells on their way to becoming mature immune cells can develop into either T cells or other blood-cell types versus only being committed to the T-cell path. Read more...
- April 2008 - NIH to host research sumposium on clinical applications of stem cell therapies on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 5: 30 p.m. Read more...
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Recent Publications
- In Press 2008 - Tensile properties of engineered cartilage formed from chondrocyte- and MSC-laden hydrogels (PDF, 1.0mb).
- March 2008 - Meiotic failure in male mice lacking an X-linked factor (PDF, 986kb)
- March 2008 - Androgenetic Embryonic Stem Cells form Neural Progenitor Cells in
vivo And in vitro (PDF, 5.84mb)
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