Tissue Regeneration the Spotlight of BU Research Celebration
Tissue Regeneration the Spotlight of BU Research Celebration (Boston) – Regenerative medicine offers hope to people who lose tissue and organ function to disease and injury. Dr. Matthew P. Hoffman looks for ways to regrow damaged adult salivary tissue, which
Tissue Regeneration the Spotlight of BU Research Celebration
(Boston) – Regenerative medicine offers hope to people who lose tissue and organ function to disease and injury. Dr. Matthew P. Hoffman looks for ways to regrow damaged adult salivary tissue, which can be harmed by diseases such as cancer, diabetes, Parkinson’s, and HIV and certain drugs.
Dr. Hoffman will talk about his work in salivary tissue regeneration at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Science Day, a celebration free for anyone interested in innovative research.
Dr. Hoffman is chief of the Matrix and Morphogen¬esis Unit in the Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology at the National Institute of Dental and Cra¬niofacial Research at the National Institutes of Health.
GSDM students will present research from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 670 Albany Street. A vendor fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Dental School, 100 East Newton Street. For more information, visit http://dentalschool.bu.edu/scienceday/.
