Scientists from multiple disciplines met in Austin to attend the State-of-the-Science Kidney Summit. Participants formed The Whole Kidney Research Community and identified Phase One Strategic Research Goals to tackle the challenges associated with regenerating or engineering a kidney for transplantation.The Summit was led by Dr. Thomas Carroll of UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dr. Leif Oxburgh of the Maine Medical Research Institute. Sam gave a presentation covering some of the challenges faced in cell engineering for organ replacement.
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Dr. Andrew McMahon (University of Southern California), Dr. Samantha Morris (Washington University in St. Louis), Dr. Lloyd Cantley (Yale University), Dr. Iain Drummond (Harvard University).