India's top public healthcare
establishment, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in
Delhi, is in talks with the Ohio State University (OSU) to set up the
country's first comprehensive regenerative medicine centre that will
open up avenues in research and development and introduce revolutionary
techniques. Regenerative medicine, a broad subject, deals with the
"process of creating living, functional tissues to repair or replace
tissue or organ function lost due to age, disease, damage or congenital
defects".
Proposed to be established on a small scale, initially on the ninth
floor of the newly-inaugurated Convergence Block at AIIMS, the hub will
come up in partnership with the American public research varsity's
Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Cell-Based Therapies (CRMCBT),
known for its pioneering efforts in the field.
CRMCBT Director Chandan Sen said the expertise and advisory will be
provided by OSU, which ranks second in the US on industry-sponsored
research among public schools."This venture will introduce a new
discipline of medicine to India's premier seat of academic medicine and
CRMCBT will provide expertise and advisory. There is a substantial need
for regenerative medicine in India," Sen told IANS in an email
interaction. Sen is a tenured Professor of Surgery and Executive
Director of the varsity's Comprehensive Wound Center.
Source: IANS
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