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(UConn Health) There have been amazing advancements in Regenerative Engineering to treat musculoskeletal conditions — so much so, that the possibility of limb and tissue regeneration is not just a distant dream, but could soon be a reality. This emerging field has been pioneered by Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, an engineer, orthopedic surgeon, scientist, and…

Sonia Patel was a high school student in Florida when her grandfather was diagnosed with glaucoma. After accompanying him to a doctor’s visit, she learned that there were not many affordable options for synthetic eye models for physicians to train on for measuring eye pressure — one of the key indicators for glaucoma.This set her…