30 Who is Alan Russell?
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Background
Alan Russell is a professor of surgery and of chemical engineering. His work focuses on combining his two fields of expertise to find treatments for disease, injury, and congenital defects by replacing damaged human parts with bioengineered tissue. He is the founding director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and leads a program that explores tissue engineering, stem cell research, biosurgery and artificial and biohybrid organs. He is also the co-founder of Agentase, a company that makes an enzyme-based detector for chemical warfare agents.
TED Talk
Alan Russell delivered a TED Talk on the topic of Regenerative Medicine on February of 2006 at an official TED conference. The lecture included topics such as technology, design, health, health care, cancer, medicine, and bioethics.
Media Attributions
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