How will tissue engineering help solve medical dilemmas?
Jeffrey Hollinger, professor and director of the bone tissue engineering center at Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon Professor Jeffrey Hollinger is using a combination of genetic protein and bone to help solve a medical mystery plaguing a nine month-old child. The child is suffering from a serious congenital malformation of the skull. Contact: Jeffrey Hollinger (412)268-6498. Where will tomorrow’s biotechnology leaders train? Phil Campbell, senior research scientist, Carnegie Mellon University. Under the direction of researchers from Carnegie Mellon and other area universities, a plan is emerging to educate tomorrow’s tissue engineers through a new program aimed at high school teachers and their students. The program is designed to get teachers and their students excited about new careers in biotechnology. Nationwide, approximately 153,000 people are employed in biotechnology which accounts for about $20 billion in company revenues. The average biotech company employs 31 peopl
