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The National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM)

The National Center for Regenerative Medicine is a multi-institutional center composed of investigators from Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. NCRM seeks to translate new non-embryonic stem cell research discoveries into the clinical and commercial arenas to replace and repair diseased tissues and organs. In addition, the center's education programs trains personnel to perform groundbreaking research and deliver the world's foremost patient care.

The Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM)

The Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine is a multi-institutional center composed of investigators from Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Athersys, Inc., and Ohio State University. The Mission of the Center is to utilize adult human stem cells and tissue engineering technology to treat human disease. The Vision of the Center is to rapidly translate cutting-edge adult stem cell and tissue engineering laboratory research into the clinic and commercial arenas to replace and repair diseased tissues and organ. Visit their web site here.

CTEC collaborates closely with the Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM). Both Centers are affiliated with the National Center for Regenerative Medicine. Identifying and developing new sources of cells for therapy is an area of close collaboration between CSCRM and CTEC and a particularly important aspect of tissue engineering. All tissues are formed by cells and require the function of cells for their preservation. Many tissue engineering approaches involve basic cell-based strategies, including the use of tissue-forming cells, autogenous cells and allograft/xenograft cells.

The Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Research Center (ORRC)

The Cleveland Clinic established its Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Research Center in 2001, consolidating and fortifying the efforts of diverse researchers. The Center's mission is "to advance the health and treatment of people with disorders of the musculoskeletal system through basic and applied scientific investigation, and to train future leaders in musculoskeletal care, research and education." Visit their web site here.

Its clinical and basic research programs reflect the interdisciplinary, collaborative efforts of clinicians, educators and scientists. This approach fosters interactions throughout The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the community, the nation and the world, and promotes the training of clinical residents and fellows as well as graduate and postdoctoral research scientists.

The Case Skeletal Research Center

The Skeletal Research Center is an administrative entity under the dean of Arts and Sciences and the dean of the School of Medicine and is based in the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The director of the Center has responsibility for the functioning of the center within the University and for relationships with federal agencies and corporate and philanthropic foundations.

The Skeletal Research Center provides an organizational umbrella for the creative and innovative interactions of faculty. Although members of our faculty have long been recognized as leaders in this area of research, the center was established in 1986 to draw together these individuals to provide a unique, multi-disciplinary group which could jointly approach current basic research and clinical problems. This center holds the promise of making scientific breakthroughs in the molecular and cell biology, physiology, and clinical treatments and regeneration of cartilage, bone and other skeletal tissues.

The mission of the Skeletal Research Center is to facilitate the advancement of the basic research of skeletal tissues and to accelerate the translation of this new information into innovative clinical strategies for the regeneration and maintenance of skeletal tissues. Visit their web site here.

The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM)

The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) was established in 2008 by the Department of Defense with a mission to develop new products and therapies to treat severe injuries suffered by America's service men and women. AFIRM comprises of two multi-institutional consortia with academic, clinical and industrial entities and is directed by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. With the nation's leading researchers in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, AFIRM facilitates accelerated synergies among current and prospective projects in the areas of Limb Salvage and Repair; Facial Reconstruction; Burn Repair; Scarless Wound Repair and Compartment Syndrome Repair.

Several of CTEC's investigators and executive personnel are key components of the 15 institution Rutgers Cleveland Clinic Consortium which was based on the model developed and implemented for CTEC. For more information on CTEC's involvement in AFIRM, click here. Vist AFIRM's website here.