Mar 31 2024 Some updates to share from this February + March – Welcome to the most recent New Science fellows! Mike Ferguson is a biologist and engineer (BS Cell and Molecular Biology from Michigan, MS Biomedical Engineering from Boston University) working on growing human blood vessels in the lab to unlock replacement tissue/organ therapies. From a young age, his sole motivation in life has simply been "making people live longer". He believes replacement tissues/organs will be helpful in this endeavor. Mike spent 3 years working in a stem cell/developmental biology lab growing organoids and studying various ways that people were trying to make replacement tissues/organs. Realizing the need for a way to grow human blood vessels in the lab to unlock this dream, he pursued an engineering degree, believing that engineering tools would be required to solve the blood vessel problem. He has built his own lab to manufacture "microfluidic" devices, which are needed for his work, going so far as making
New Science March 2024 Updates
New Science March 2024 Updates
New Science March 2024 Updates
Mar 31 2024 Some updates to share from this February + March – Welcome to the most recent New Science fellows! Mike Ferguson is a biologist and engineer (BS Cell and Molecular Biology from Michigan, MS Biomedical Engineering from Boston University) working on growing human blood vessels in the lab to unlock replacement tissue/organ therapies. From a young age, his sole motivation in life has simply been "making people live longer". He believes replacement tissues/organs will be helpful in this endeavor. Mike spent 3 years working in a stem cell/developmental biology lab growing organoids and studying various ways that people were trying to make replacement tissues/organs. Realizing the need for a way to grow human blood vessels in the lab to unlock this dream, he pursued an engineering degree, believing that engineering tools would be required to solve the blood vessel problem. He has built his own lab to manufacture "microfluidic" devices, which are needed for his work, going so far as making