BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:The Organ Generation PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_1106136_0 SUMMARY:The Organ Generation DESCRIPTION:

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

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

Harald Ott, Massachusetts General Hospital

Kevin Kit Parker, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering

David Kolesky, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

LOCATION:Harvard Club of Boston, 374 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20171010T123000Z DTEND:20171010T140000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR