SHARKS RX Spring 2016 Magazine

College of Pharmacy 39 NSU Cell Therapy Institute Joins Research Center The university is at the forefront of conducting pioneering cell-based biomedical research with the launch of the new NSU Cell Therapy Institute—an international collaboration with prominent medical research scientists from Sweden’s world-renowned Karolinska Institutet. The organization is globally recognized for its Nobel Assembly, which annually awards the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. The institute will be located in NSU’s 215,000-square-foot Center for Collaborative Research (CCR), which is one of the largest and most advanced research facilities in Florida. The NSU Cell Therapy Institute is dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative, translational biomedical research that focuses on the potential of cell-based therapies to prevent, treat, and cure life-threatening and debilitating diseases. The institute is accelerating the advancement of next-generation approaches to precision medicine, which includes targeted immunotherapy and regenerative medicine with an initial focus on targeting cancers, heart disease, and disorders causing blindness.