Research & Tech
The vision of the Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society (CFBTS) is to support initiatives that will improve outcomes and quality of life for burn survivors and individuals affected by other severe skin injuries. Recently, the CFBTS recognized that creating opportunities in research to develop innovative treatments to regenerate the skin would be necessary to realize our ultimate objective. To this end, we invested $2 million dollars over 10 years (2013-2023) in order to develop the CFBTS Chair in Skin Regeneration and Wound Healing, which is currently held by Dr. Jeff Biernaskie.
Dr. Biernaskie’s work looks at unlocking ways to encourage the body to heal itself using stem cells, overcoming some of the challenges associated with skin grafts and the complexities of the dermis layer of skin. The research will focus on better understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of animals that can quickly heal wounds, and applying that knowledge to advance treatments for both human and animal patients.
What’s Happening in Research & Tech
UofC Vet Med team working on some amazing research
Here’s some of our UofC Vet Med team w their new 10x chromium controller. This little powerful device is helping to isolate and extract RNA so they can use it to study how fibroblasts [...]
University of Calgary Vet Med in the Globe & Mail for their amazing research
The amazing University of Calgary Veterinarian Medicine research team is in the news again! They have been working with Reindeer to figure out how to lessen human scaring. Check out this amazing story [...]
Stem cell study aims to improve function of skin grafts and reduce scarring and chronic itch
Some more amazing ground breaking news coming from our partnership between University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine and Calgary Firefighters Burn Centre, we are so proud to be working with a team of this caliber. [...]
New Burn research published in Burns Journal
Researchers Sarthak Sinha, Rebecca Hartley & Grace Yoon alongside our amazing team of Dr. Jeff Biernaskie, Dr. Duncan Nickerson & Dr. Vincent Gabriel have recently been published in Burns Journal. Their study; Epidemiological analysis of pediatric [...]
New wound healing research out of Harvard
check out the full article here
Reindeer Antlers’ amazing skin regeneration may someday help heal human injuries
Researchers are studying the regenerative properties of reindeer antlers with the hope of one day being able to mimic that tissue regeneration in human medicine. Read full Story and watch Video here
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