Regenerative Sciences Institute (RSI) is helping to define the emerging discipline of Regenerative Biology by fostering scientific cooperation and creating a unique environment where innovative minds can do original research. Advances in Regenerative Biology are likely to revolutionize medicine: eventually we may be able to regenerate organs as complex as the heart and circumvent diseases associated with aging. We hope to help catalyze such advances by promoting the integrated use of the latest technologies derived from disciplines such as Synthetic Biology and Systems Biology. Applications of Induced Pluripotent Stem (IPS) Cell technology may promote a biomedical revolution by making regenerative and rejuvenative medicine a reality. At RSI, we are not only investigating IPS cell technology for creation of autologous tissue and organs, but for applications to aging as well. We believe that aging may be best characterized as the process that results from incomplete regeneration of an organism. Furthermore, we are deeply interested in understanding how the innate regenerative potential in our bodies may be extended and exploited for development of new medical treatments by comparative studies between mammals and animals that possess much greater regenerative potential, like planaria, which can regenerate their entire body. Not only do we bring together leading researchers in Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology with workers creating cutting-edge technologies, but we also seek to create a research environment where original thinkers such as young people just beginning their careers or innovative older scientists starved for funding can "think outside the box" and pursue exciting work that would be unlikely to be funded by conventional means. Please explore our web site and we look forward to your participation in our forums.
Regenerative Sciences Institute operates both a research cooperative and as an independent research laboratory. We are located in Sunnyvale, CA at a ~40,000 square foot biological research facility that includes equipment for molecular biology and cell biology research. We work closely with the Panorama Institute of Molecular Medicine who has generously donated the shared space at this location.