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Fla. medical chopper crash raises scrutiny

The crash of a medical helicopter in Florida comes as agencies have been looking at safety for the service nationally.

Wake Forest 5th, Duke 19th on tech transfer licensing list

2010 was a bit of a bounceback year for U.S. technology transfer programs, as licensing income income inched up 3 percent to $2.4 billion, compared with the prior year.

Pets, people win in regenerative health partnership

Analysis: Animals may get a new lease on life and health, while also helping in the development of human therapies. It's the upshot of a regenerative medicine partnership announced by officials of North Carolina State University and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

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NCSU, Wake Forest team up for regenerative medicine effort

The goal will be to translate laboratory research into new medical therapies. NCSU's Center for Collaborative Medicine and Translational Research will work together with Wake Forest's Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

Regenerating tissues to heal damage is big market at the end of a long road

At Nagoya University's NU Tech conference, researchers presented a range of efforts to use cellular technology to help diseased organs repair themselves by growing new tissue.

Regenerative tissue firm Tengion seeking new CEO

Tengion's tissue regeneration technology was originally developed at Wake Forest University based on the research of Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regnerative Medicine.

Wake Forest researchers grow replacement tissue using patients' own cells

A team at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine say they successfully grew urinary tract tube replacements in five boys. It's a first, the university says.

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Tengion stays alive with raises $31.4M in stock sale

The Pennsylvania-based company is seeking to commercialize human organ replacement technology being developed at Wake Forest University.

Duke's Fuqua School climbs in Financial Times Global 100

UNC-CH, Emory and South Carolina slip in rankings; Wake Forest cracks the list.

For New Year's resolutions, phone apps can help, but...

Professors at Wake Forest University say yoursmart phone could be a helpful reminder about your New Year's resolutions, but you've still got work to do.

Wake Forest scientists successfully grow 'miniature livers'

Researchers at Institute for Regenerative Medicine say they are the first scientists to use human liver cells to engineer small livers that can function like an actual human organ.

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GSK takes criticism for not donating drugs for asthma study

Editors of the New England Journal of Medicine chastise the drug giant for not helping with Wake Forest University study that compares the drug Spiriva to GSK’s Serevent.

Wake Forest researchers win $3.7M grant to study character

John Templeton Foundation for The Character Project picks WFU team to define good character and ways to improve character.

Wake Forest's videogame featured at the White House

Wake Forest University demonstrated “CellCraft” last week at the White House during the inaugural National Lab Day celebration. The game developers intend to roll out the game to other schools, at no charge, in early summer.

Nano breakthrough? Wake Forest researchers patent solar cell technology

UniversityTech: New process can double the energy production of solar cells at a lower cost, researchers say. Technology is licensed to Triad-based FiberCell.