The March issue of National Geographic magazine features the work of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in its “The Big Idea” section. Atala is an international pioneer in the field of tissue and organ regeneration.
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The family doctors
"I held the papers up and just stared at (my dad) and he just started crying."
The small-town dentist
"I hope that in 20 years, I'm meeting many more Wake grads in small towns."
The mentor
"It wasn't a windfall. It was hard-earned money. But I got it at a different time than I expected to. So, this was math of the heart."