The Center for Cell and Organ Biotechnology, a new collaboration with the Texas Heart Institute and the Texas A & M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, reminds us that we are living in the 21st century. Governor Rick Perry announced a $3 million investment through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund that creates the Center. The work they about to embark on is mind-boggling. Dr. Doris Taylor is the director of Regenerative Medicine Research at the Texas Heart Institute and will lead the research at the new multi-site center. “We’re interested in making a difference in the lives of people with disease,” Dr. Taylor told KTRH News. “We really believe here at the Texas Heart Institute that heart disease is the number one killer of people worldwide, one of a number of diseases that occur because the body can’t repair itself, and it can’t repair itself because as we age we lose stem cells. Stem cells are the tools that the body uses to repair itself. So we want to essentially take cells from your body and use them, revitalize them, put them in an organ, put them in a tissue and give you what you need.” Read more: ktrh/articles/houston-news-121300/houston-leaps-into-cutting-edge-research-11654860/#ixzz2f4Tag7Vn
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:42:40 +0000
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