INSTITUTE OF NEURAL REGENERATION AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

The Institute hopes to continue to make innovative discoveries in how neural tissue develops and how stem-cell-derived neural tissue can be used for studying models of neurological disease and injury, which will one day enable the use of such stem cells and engineered tissues in regenerative medicine. This holds promise for one day helping to heal patients who suffer from conditions like stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, neurogenetic diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. We also help educate other scientists and the general public on these research areas and clinical applications.

The Institute's director of research has experience in neurosurgery, critical care, biomedical engineering, and stem cell research, with several degrees and honors for his work in these fields. With the ability to think and work outside the box, the Institute has already begun to advance new ideas that will have important impacts in how neurological diseases and injuries are treated. We also hope to expand our research programs and collaborate with other world-class research institutions. Finally, we plan to expand our research curriculum for free online education on neurological conditions, clinical interventions, and promising research avenues.

The Institute is guided by leaders in the medical and scientific fields who have a history of accomplished innovative thinking and who stay on the cutting edge of medical discoveries. With relatively minimal resources in the early beginnings of the Institute, several important research articles made significant impacts in stem cell biology and tissue engineering, and this work is expected to accelerate exponentially as the Institute continues to grow.

We have already produced a free online curriculum of educational materials on several neurological conditions. Furthermore, we have published several significant research discoveries in highly respected peer-reviewed scientific journals, and we have made this research work openly available to the public. We hope to continue leading efforts to not only make new research discoveries but also to make these discoveries available to all researchers and patients who can benefit from the work.