#  The Organ Generation 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 10, 2017** 

 08:30AM - 10:00AM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Harvard Club of Boston, 374 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA**  



 

 



 

 [Register here](https://hubweek.swoogo.com/tickets/begin?session_ids=30678) for this **FREE** [HUBweek](https://hubweek.org/) 'Spoke' event!

 **Today’s Generation of Scientists Innovating Approaches to the Donor Organ Shortage for Transplantation and Repair.**

   ![HUBweek image](/sites/g/files/omnuum10026/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci/files/hsci_at_hubweek2017_-_the_organ_generation_-_flyer_wspkrs09.22.jpg?itok=lLXG7bre) 

 

 With more than 119,000 adults and children hoping for a life-saving organ on the national transplant waiting list and only 15,000 organ donors in a given year, the US suffers from a donor organ shortage. Those fortunate enough to receive an organ transplant may have to fight against their own bodies, which often reject the new organ as a foreign object. Now, breakthroughs in gene-editing, 3D bioprinting, xenotransplantation, and de- & re-cellularizing “bioartificial” organs offer a glimpse of a future in which a steady and reliable supply of immune-matched organs may be possible. See and hear from Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists on the cutting edge of this research.

 Guest speakers:  
***George Church***, Harvard University and MIT

   ![George Church image](/sites/g/files/omnuum10026/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci/files/george_church_headshot-250x250-c-default.jpg?itok=beTdkCcq) 

 

  
***Harald Ott***, Massachusetts General Hospital   ![Harald Ott image](/sites/g/files/omnuum10026/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci/files/harald_ott_1000x1000-1-250x250-c-default.jpg?itok=ULFsx9gS) 

 

  
***Kevin Kit Parker***, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering   ![Kevin Kit Parker image](/sites/g/files/omnuum10026/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci/files/5e0df746ed6a-kevin_kit_parker_headshot_hubweek2017_the_organ_generation_oct10_-1-250x250-c-default.jpg?itok=mhy4b1V8) 

 

  
***David Kolesky***, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering   ![David Kolesky image](/sites/g/files/omnuum10026/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci/files/6644193f4852-david_kolesky_headshot_2017_hubweek2017_the_organ_generation_oct10_-250x250-c-default.jpg?itok=WwqTiU_Q) 

 



 

 

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