Dr. Anthony Atala was born in 1958 in Peru.
Do you know that Dr. Anthony Atala was actually having second thoughts about pursuing medicine because of the time he would have to spend in it? But he eventually realized it was his passion.
Dr. Anthony Atala is the Director at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine. His work focuses on tissue engineering and developing printable organs. He also headed the team that created the first ever lab-grown organ, the human bladder.
Famous Quote: “Can we grow organs instead of transplanting them?”
