BY TAPPING INTO THE HEALING POWER OF IMMUNE CELLS, JENNIFER ELISSEEFF IS TAKING THE FIELD OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE IN A WHOLE NEW DIRECTION.
Elisseeff In The Lab With Biomedical Engineering Master’s Student Alexis Parrillo.
A few years ago, biomedical engineer Jennifer Elisseeff, of the Wilmer Eye Institute, was amid her latest research project when she happened on something she did not expect. She specializes in engineered biomaterials, a broad class of designer synthetic fibers, gels and other materials that can replace, repair and, in some cases, regenerate human tissues that have been damaged by injury, disease or genetic defect.