Samuel I. Stupp

Director, Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine at Northwestern University

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Born: January 9, 1939, San José

Education: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, University of California, Los Angeles

Last updated Nov 2, 2026

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Lab-grown organs transform medical research

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As of May 2026: Leading development of dancing molecules therapy toward clinical trials

For the first time, scientists have grown a miniature human spinal cord in a laboratory, injured it, and watched it heal. Northwestern University researchers published findings in Nature Biomedical Engineering showing their organoid replicates cell death, inflammation, and scarring in spinal cord injuries and shows tissue repair when treated with an experimental therapy.

Updated May 29