 Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) is a research institute affiliated with Wake Forest School of Medicine and located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, [[United States]

WFIRM's goal is to apply the principles of [[regenerative medicine]] to repair or replace diseased tissues and organs.Among other goals, WFIRM scientists are looking for ways to create [[insulin-producing cells]] in the laboratory, [[engineered blood vessels]] for [[heart bypass surgery]] and apply [[regenerative medicine technologies]] to [[battlefield injuries]], the latter by leading a $75 million federal initiative with the [[U.S. Department of Defense]].