News Archive
- March 2008 - The University of Pennsylvania’s newly created Institute for Regenerative Medicine, in collaboration with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Haverford College, Lincoln University and Thomas Jefferson will receive $3.9 million from Pennsylvania’s share of the national tobacco settlement for 2007-08. Read more...
- March 2008 - The stem cell and hair follicle research of George Cotsarelis, MD, Associate Professor of Dermatology, is mentioned in a San Francisco Chronicle article about biotech and baldness. Read more...
- February 2008 - Andrea Stout PhD and Jill Agolino from the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and the IRM visited the Wissahickon Charter School in Philadelphia on February 29, 2008 to explain microscopy to elementary school students. The IRM is committed to public outreach and bridge-building with local schools and communities. See picture ...
- February 2008 - Jonathan A. Epstein, MD, Chairman of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and the Co-director the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine, is quoted in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer commenting on the announcement from PrimeGen Biotech - based in Irvine, CA - that their embryonic-like stem cells are created without human eggs or embryos. The company also claims they have found a shortcut in the “process of turning a cell's developmental clock backward, using what it calls "purified proteins," while also avoiding “the theoretical danger of triggering cancer.” Read more...
- February 2008 - George Cotsarelis, MD, Albert M. Kligman Associate Professor of Dermatology, appears on The Today Show this morning discussing his research on stem cells and hair-follicle regeneration and its possible future application for treating baldness. Read more..
- December 2007 - Jonathan A. Epstein, MD, Chairman of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and the Co-director the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine, is quoted in a Philadelphia Business Journal article about the $30 million, five-year plan to boost the university's work on stem cell research and therapies. Read more...
- December 2007 - Jonathan A. Epstein, MD, Chairman of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and the Co-director the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and Paul Root Wolpe, PhD, Director of the Program in Psychiatry and Ethics and Associate Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry, were mentioned in a/ Nature/ magazine blog called "The Great Beyond" for their participation in a panel discussion following the/ WHYY-TV/ screening of "Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita." The film describes the personal experience of stem cell researcher Jack Kessler of Northwestern University when his daughter lost the use of her legs in a skiing accident. National airing of the film starts on January 15. Read more...