{"66434":{"#nid":"66434","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Todd McDevitt Discusses the Development of Stem Cell Therapies on CNN","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn May 16th, Todd McDevitt, PhD, co-PI of the\nstem cell biomanufacturing IGERT program at Georgia Tech and director of the\nStem Cell Engineering Center was broadcasted live on CNN to discuss the\ndevelopment of stem cell based therapies and treatment options.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe discussion detailed how stem cell therapies are advancing\nfrom research labs to clinical applications at a cautious but accelerated pace.\nThe reason: stem cells serve as the body\u2019s most promising treatment option as\nthey have the potential to develop into many different types of cells including: blood cells, nerve\ncells and muscle cells. However, there are many facets to stem cells therapies\nthat are still unclear. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. McDevitt explained the importance of researching all\naspects of stem cells to better understand the effects of the stem cell\ntherapies being developed and more importantly which stem cells are best for\nthe job. Currently, the Department of Defense is using stem cell therapies to\ntreat wounded soldiers and more research is\nbeing done to repair spinal cords and damage caused by traumatic brain\ninjuries. He stressed that the unknowns of stem cell therapies are still being discovered\nand further study is necessary to find the best stem cell treatment for each\nspecific problem. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Stem Cell Therapies on CNN"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETodd McDevitt, PhD,\nco-PI of the stem cell biomanufacturing IGERT program at Georgia Tech and\ndirector of the Stem Cell Engineering Center was broadcasted live on CNN to\ndiscuss the development of stem cell based therapies and treatment\noptions. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Stem cells serve as the body\u2019s most promising treatment option because of their  potential to develop into many different types of cells"}],"uid":"27487","created_gmt":"2011-06-08 15:49:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:49","author":"Megan Richards","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66435":{"id":"66435","type":"image","title":"Stem Cell","body":null,"created":"1449177169","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:49","changed":"1475894589","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:09","alt":"Stem Cell","file":{"fid":"192533","name":"o1500x.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/o1500x_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/o1500x_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":118445,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/o1500x_0.jpg?itok=DpVYOFJN"}}},"media_ids":["66435"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/scec.gatech.edu\/","title":"Stem Cell Engineering Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/mcdevittlab.bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"McDevitt Lab"},{"url":"http:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/data\/2.0\/video\/world\/2011\/05\/17\/analyzing.stem.cell.research.cnn.html","title":"View CNN interview"}],"groups":[{"id":"65425","name":"IBB Center - SCEC"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"760","name":"Todd McDevitt"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMegan Richards\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch Program Coordinator\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute of Bioengineering \u0026amp; Bioscience\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:megan.richards@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emegan.richards@ibb.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["megan.richards@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}