BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER JENNIFER ELISSEEFF WAS WORKING ON A WAY TO PROMOTE HEALING IN TRAUMA PATIENTS WHEN A FRIEND OF A CANCER PATIENT VISITING ELISSEEFF’S LAB TOLD HER THAT SIMILAR APPROACHES WERE REPORTED TO FIGHT CANCER.
Jennifer Elisseeff
A few years later, Elisseeff began research that promised to bridge the fields of immunology and biomedical engineering. She called the emerging field regenerative immunology. It led her to a new use for her trauma-targeted therapy.