Restorative Medicine Research

 

At Houston Methodist, the Restorative Medicine research program develops cell-based therapies to treat human diseases. The focus is on identifying ways in which stem cells can be used to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, heart disease and failure, bone and joint issues. myeloma and lymphoma, and vision loss from diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration. Our investigators have expertise in bioengineering, computational biology, developmental biology, epigenetics and chromatin dynamics, progenitor and stem cell biology, telomere regulation, and the engineering of nanomaterials and tissue scaffolds.
Our Faculty
Rajarajan Amirthalingam Thandavarayan, M.Pharm, PhD
Stanley H. Appel, MD
Elvin Blanco, PhD
Timothy B. Boone, MD, PhD
Malcolm K. Brenner, MD, PhD
Gavin W. Britz, MBBCh, MPH, MBA, FAANS
Brian Bruckner, MD, PhD, MBA
Jose Contreras-Vidal, PhD
John P. Cooke, MD, PhD
Longhou Fang, PhD
Eugene Golanov, MD, PhD
Joshua Harris, MD
Helen E. Heslop, MD
Philip J. Horner, PhD
Daniel L. Kiss, PhD
Robert Krencik, PhD
Nhat Tu Le, PhD
Xuewu Liu, PhD
Alan Lumsden, MD
Shu Meng, MD, PhD
Andrei Mikheev, MD
Roderic Pettigrew, MD, PhD
Michael J. Reardon, MD
Robert Rostomily, MD
Dimitry Sayenko, MD, PhD
Nick Sears, PhD
Ericka P. Simpson, MD
Roman Sukhovershin, MD PhD
Francesca Taraballi, PhD
Guillermo Torre, MD, PhD
Sonia Villapol, PhD
Yi-Lan Weng, PhD
Lili Zhang, PhD
William Zoghbi, MD, FASE, FAHA, MACC
Research Highlights
A New Age of Wound Care
Treating wounds with telomerase mRNA in a lipid nanoparticle counteracts telomere shortening to improve wound healing.
Access for All
Houston Methodist teams up with a startup company to help improve outcomes for dialysis patients.
Napping for the Win
Short periods of sleep improve behavioral performance by desynchronizing cortical circuits.
Groundbreaking ALS Study Offers New Insight

Houston Methodist researchers have identified a key player and mechanism involved in the development of ALS, a promising discovery that could open the door for future therapeutic interventions.

Facial Plastic Surgeon Transforms Lives and Global Health Care

Service-oriented Anthony Brissett, MD, FACS, is known for his worldwide philanthropy and extensive accolades.

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