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At SIU School of Medicine, we're not big city and bright lights. We are big ideas and bright minds. We are big hearts and bright futures.
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SIU School of Medicine sets the standard in medical education. Our award-winning curricular design, combined with hands-on teaching, small class sizes and attentive faculty, provides the foundation for a rewarding, fulfilling career in medicine or research.
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Skin Engineering
The process of tissue engineering had gained popularity in the ‘90s, and Dr. Michael Neumeister made it his research focus.
Twenty-five years later, what was once theory is now closer to practice. Dr. Neumeister directs research projects to build back better in SIU’s Regenerative Medicine and Microsurgical Education Laboratory. The lab’s innovations include developing hair-bearing skin using hair follicle stem cells; modifying fat to form nerve, cartilage and bone; ear and trachea reconstruction; and actual bone reconstruction.
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