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Stem cells from amniotic fluid, a new therapeutic hope
2014/02/25
‘The importance of the Regenerative Medicine is not any more a possibility, It’s a reality!‘ Dr De Coppi says. Thousands of children every year need an organ transplant. Many of these children are very sick and current transplant techniques carry significant risks. This coupled with the declining availability of donor organs, means that there’s a desperate need of a better option. Prof De Coppi is a pioneer in the field of the regenerative medicine to cure children of congenital diseases. In 2010 with his team he reported a unique success in transplanting a replacement windpipe grown from a patient’s own stem cells. His work is fundamental in finding vital cures and treatments for children affected by rare diseases.
Dr. Paolo De Coppi
Dr. De Coppi is a consultant pediatric surgeon at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and the head of the surgery unit at the UCL Institute of Child Health both located in London, England. Concomitantly, from 2009 he has been an adjunct assistant professor at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and from 2005 he has been an honorary assistant professor in pediatric surgery, University of Padua, Italy.
He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as The Lancet, Nature Biotechnology, Blood and FASEB Journal; supervised more than 25 research fellow and Ph.D. students; and has been awarded various national and international grants.
As of 2011, he has been associate editor for Stem Cell Translational Medicine.
