Cell Sheet Tissue Engineering Center

Research Interests:

Development and commercialization of allogeneic, off-the-shelf, cell sheet regenerative therapies for large unmet medical needs in regenerative medicine. Disease areas of interest include:

Articular cartilage defects
Kidney fibrosis
Liver Disease
Hyposalivation
Uterine fibrosis

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Team members:

**Address is the same for all members: L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Institute 30 S. 2000 E., Room 2800, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112; Phone: 801-585-0070; Fax: 801-581-3674

Advisors:

Prof. Teruo Okano, Ph.D.

Co-director; Distinguished Adjunct Professor in Molecular Pharmaceutics; Emeritus Professor at Tokyo Women’s Medical University (TWMU)

Degrees: Ph.D. Polymer Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 1979; M.S. Polymer Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan 1976; B.S. Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan 1974

Prof. David Grainger, Ph.D.

Co-director; Distinguished Professor of Molecular Pharmaceutics; past Inaugural George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Presidential Endowed Chair of Molecular Pharmaceutics; Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering

Degrees: Ph.D. Molecular Pharmaceutics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1987; B.A. Engineering modified with Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1983

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