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The prestigious American magazine places the Professor of Developmental Biology of the UCAM and professor at the Gene Expression Laboratory of the Salk Institute (La Jolla, USA) as one of the most important people in the world for "their scientific innovations to address the problem of the shortage of human organs for transplants "
The Spanish researcher Juan Carlos Izpisua, Professor of Developmental Biology at the Catholic University of Murcia and professor at the Gene Expression Laboratory of the Salk Institute (La Jolla, USA) is a regular in the publications of the highest impact journals world scientist such as Nature, Cell, Science thanks to its pioneering advances.
As a result of all this, now, TIME magazine has included him as one of the 50 most influential people in 2018 in the field of health care.
The reason: his scientific innovations to address the problem of the shortage of human organs for transplants.
It is the only Spanish that is part of this outstanding group.
This list, prepared by the journalists and editors of the publication, recognizes the important work of people who are working to improve health care.
Generate human organs
A little more than a month ago one of his latest research was published: he had successfully achieved the regeneration of the skin by applying cell reprogramming 'in vivo', a milestone in the history of medicine that helps those who suffer from large cutaneous ulcers, produced by severe burns or chronic diseases such as diabetes.
The research team led by the Spanish scientist has achieved, with the projects promoted by the UCAM, that human cells survive and integrate into pig embryos during early stages of their development;
that blind mice with retinitis pigmentosa recover vision;
reverse the symptoms of diseases such as diabetes or muscular dystrophy;
allow the immune system to attack certain types of cancer;
regenerate organs in vivo, such as skin, or erase epigenetic marks and reverse aging.
Juan Carlos Izpisua applies technologies of gene editing and pluripotent cells to study the embryonic development of an organism, the causes of diseases or aging, develop new drugs and generate organs for transplantation.
The latest scientific advances that have allowed to generate cells, tissues and organs in organisms of different species, offer an unprecedented opportunity to solve serious problems that affect human health, particularly the need for organs and tissues for transplantation.
Source: UCAM
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