NY Times highlights Ann Arbor's Tissue Regeneration Services

Old school: Replacing human joints. New school: Harvesting home-grown replacement bones. This is news for University of Michigan spin-off Tissue Regeneration Systems.

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Scott Hollister, a professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is a co-founder of Tissue Regeneration Systems, a company that is commercializing technology his group is developing for skeletal reconstruction in the face, spine and extremities.

Dr. Vunjak-Novakovic, who has filed a patent application through Columbia, said that her lab’s work had attracted considerable interest from investors, but that it was too soon to talk about commercial applications. “We are starting studies with large animals that will establish safety and feasibility before commercialization, “she said.

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