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Michael H Heggeness


Michael H Heggeness

University of Kansas School of Medicine, USA

Biography

Michael H Heggeness has completed his PhD at UC San Diego in Membrane Biology and a Post-doctorate at Rockefeller University in Virology. He has received his MD from the University of Miami. After his Residency in Orthopedic Surgery, he has completed a Fellowship in Spine Surgery at the University of Toronto. He has then joined the Faculty at Baylor College of Medicine where he became Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery in 2004. He then moved to take the chair at University of Kansas in Wichita in 2013. He has 84 publications and 4 issued patents to his credit. His interest has centered on intraosseous nerves and nerve derived stem cells.

Abstract

Abstract : Quiescent pluripotent stem cells capable of expressing SOX2, OCT4, KLF4 and c-Myc reside within peripheral nerves in adult mammals and can differentiate into cells of all 3 germ layers