Imagine this: A severely damaged heart can be regenerated with genetically identical tissue from a lab.
How cool would that be! But beyond coolness, this is the future. A cure to congenital heart disease.
Unpacking that and the miracle of regenerative medicine is scientific physician, world leading regenerative medicine expert Timothy Nelson, MD, PhD.
Dr. Nelson is the director of the Todd and Karen Wanek Family Program for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and a general internal medicine practitioner, with a specialty interest in regenerative medicine. His areas of expertise include
Congenital and degenerative heart disease, clinical trials for regenerative medicine and stem cell therapies. Translational transplant medicine, and application and ethics of stem cell technologies in treating degenerative diseases.
Find out more about his amazing work at heartworksinc.org. Support the fundraiser for A Cure is in the Works 2023 through webuildhearts.org or directly donate.
Find Dr. Tim Nelson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-nelson-cause2cure/
