GHSU launches new Institute for regenerative, reparative medicine
Initiatives include regrowing bone and cartilage lost to age or injury as well as jawbones destroyed in car accidents or war zones.
"We want to focus on the continuum of care, not only basic research and development to identify a new drug that may be used to enhance bone-healing after a fracture or muscle regeneration after injury, but all the way to rehabilitation," said Dr. Mark Hamrick, GHSU bone biologist and Research Development Director for the new institute.
The institute cuts across specialty and institutional boundaries to expand studies of diseases or injuries that impact the muscles and skeleton, the central nervous system and the head and neck. Partners include Savannah River National Laboratory, Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Georgia.
GHSU has provided $750,000 for the institute's start-up and has nearly $20 million in existing external funding from groups such as the National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense to support these research areas.
Dr. Carlos Isales, GHSU endocrinologist and the Institute's Clinical Translation Director, considers the institute an "effector" that will help translate laboratory findings to better patient care, including a significant number of projects that should directly benefit wounded soldiers.
It also will be a catalyst for spinning off bio-tech companies that bring high-paying, high-skill jobs to the Augusta area. Experience shows that home growing these economically desirable companies is cheaper than buying them, Isales said.
The institute fits GHSU President Ricardo Azziz's plans to help make Augusta a destination point for health care and biomedical science, the researchers said.
"We want the Augusta region to be recognized for this expertise," said Hamrick, GHSU Interim Vice President for Research. It also fits global efforts at personalizing health care.
"We already have molecules we can mix with a piece of bone we take out of your mouth to stimulate bone to grow more quickly," said Dr. Connie Drisko, Dean of the GHSU College of Dental Medicine.
"I think at some point you will have the ability to regrow your own natural bone, your own teeth, your own tissue, including periodontal ligaments to hold your teeth into the bone. All that science is emerging and we have to be a part of that," said Drisko, a big supporter of the institute that is bringing people together from GHSU's five colleges and beyond.
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