Our laboratory, led by Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, focuses on tissue engineering approaches to improving human health. We integrate stem cells, biomaterial scaffolds, and bioreactor technologies to make functional human tissues and organs for regenerative medicine, studying diseases, and developing new treatments. Technologies developed by our lab have been used to regrow bone in patients, extend the life of lung transplants, and better understand how heart disease develops. Our lab also houses state-of-the-art resources for stem cell and tissue engineering research and is home to the Tissue Engineering Resource Center (TERC), founded to accelerate the development of tissue engineering therapies.