Main Line Health scientist attracts $1M gift to advance revolutionary research into scarless healing--even for age-associated chronic wounds
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Thursday, September 15, 2022
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MERION STATION, Pa., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists had thought only starfish and amphibians like frogs and salamanders could heal wounds in a way that looked as if the injury never occurred, even regenerating entire limbs. Mammals—including humans—had lost the ability to generate new tissue to evolution.
Key Points:
- Her mid-1990s discovery not only sparked hope for human scarless healing but triggered headlines worldwide.
- Dr. Heber-Katz was named inaugural chairholder of The Daniel B. and Florence E. Green Endowed Chair in Regenerative Medicine Research last night.
- "This gift will accelerate the timetable for testing in humans and, I firmly believe, bring a drug to market," Dr. Heber-Katz said.
- Dr. Heber-Katz has two key products near the stage for human testing:
A drug in the form of a hydrogel.