Inauguration of Regenerative Medicine Laboratory
Friday, March 30, 2018
|Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital
|Cultural Activities
Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune
under the auspices of Dr. D.Y.Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, is one of the First
dental institution to start , state of art, unique laboratory in Dental Pulp
mesenchymal cells in India. The” Regenerative Medicine Laboratory for Cell
Based Therapy” is a facility where adult and deciduous human dental pulp will
be isolated, grown and differentiated to various other cell types. This
Laboratory has been constructed following DBT & ICMR guidelines.
Primarily this
laboratory will concentrate on isolation, characterization and differentiation
of stem cell derived from dental tissues such Wisdom tooth, milk teeth, gingiva
etc. The characterization and differentiation of human dental pulp stem cells
and its clinical application in bone, cartilage regeneration and in Oral Cancer has been our goal for future
applications in medicine and Dentistry. The basic research carried out therein
will have a translational value in years to come for the benefit of common man.
This “Regenerative
Medicine Laboratory” was inaugurated on Friday, 30th March, 2018 at the hands
of Padma Vibhushan, “Innovation Guru of India’, Dr. R.A.Mashelkar, FRS. The function was presided over by Dr P.D.
Patil, Chancellor, DPU and graced by Mrs. Bhagyashree Patil, Dr. Somnath Patil, & Dr. P.N.Razdan, Vice
Chancellor, DPU. This venture was possible because of support from Dr. Smita
Jadhav, Trustee & Director.