ISCRM and the UW School of Dentistry Reveal New Findings About the Nature of Stem Cells in Human Teeth

February 22, 2019 | Categories: Research | Tagged: , , ,

Long before Hannele Ruohola-Baker became a leading stem cell researcher, she was a young hockey player skating on the frozen ponds of her native Finland. When she was ten years old, she lost a tooth to an errant puck. “I’d say that’s when my interest in regenerating teeth began,” says Dr. Ruohola-Baker, now a Professor of Biochemistry and Associate Director of the UW Medicine Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM). Read More