{"id":89311,"date":"2014-02-10T10:25:20","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=89311"},"modified":"2015-10-14T11:39:05","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T15:39:05","slug":"uconn-health-research-in-the-olympic-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2014\/02\/uconn-health-research-in-the-olympic-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Health Research in the Olympic Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_89301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89301\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nbclearn.com\/2014olympics\/cuecard\/68290\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89301 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/laurencin_playbutton-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cato Laurencin\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/laurencin_playbutton-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/laurencin_playbutton-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/laurencin_playbutton-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/laurencin_playbutton.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch the full video featuring Dr. Cato Laurencin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pioneering work of UConn Health researcher <a href=\"http:\/\/nemsi.uchc.edu\/physicians\/bios\/laurencin.html\">Dr. Cato T. Laurencin<\/a> is featured in an educational video series on NBC called the \u201cScience and Engineering of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A segment called \u201cInjury and Recovery\u201d describes new treatment advances in sports-related injuries, such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears \u2013 a relatively common injury in skiing and snowboarding. The piece highlights Laurencin\u2019s invention of the L-C Ligament, the first bioengineered matrix shown to completely regenerate ligament tissue inside the knee. This patented technology is currently being tested in human clinical trials in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Laurencin specializes in regenerative engineering, an advanced form of tissue engineering that combines materials science, stem cell science, and developmental biology to regenerate muscles, ligaments, and tendons. His work has been cited by <em>National Geographic<\/em> among \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/blog\/2012\/03\/national-geographic-cites-work-by-uconns-dr-laurencin-among-%E2%80%98scientific-discoveries-that-changed-the-world%E2%80%99\/\">100 Scientific Discoveries that Changed the World<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In the video, he explains his work: \u201cBy understanding how cells interact with materials, we can create three-dimensional matrices that when implanted into humans can regenerate the ACL. The goal is not just to create a material that is like the ACL, the goal is to create a material that <i>becomes<\/i> the ACL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laurencin is Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the UConn Health Center, founding director of the Health Center\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/regenerativeengineering.uchc.edu\/\">Institute for Regenerative Engineering<\/a>, and University Professor in UConn\u2019s School of Engineering.<\/p>\n<p><b>Direct Link:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/nbclearn.com\/2014olympics\/cuecard\/68290\">http:\/\/nbclearn.com\/2014olympics\/cuecard\/68290<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Follow the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uchc.edu\">UConn Health Center<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uconnhealthcenter\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uconnhealth\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/uconnhealth\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pioneering work by Dr. Cato Laurencin, with the potential to regenerate human tissue and reduce athletes\u2019 recovery time, was featured on NBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":89310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1731,2231,2076,179,70],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-89311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship","category-health-well-being","category-research","category-uconn-health","category-video"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 19:29:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89311"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105194,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89311\/revisions\/105194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/89310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89311"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=89311"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=89311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}