Professor Enrique Amaya, the Healing Foundation Professor of Tissue Regeneration, leads the Healing Foundation Centre, a pioneering initiative at the University of Manchester investigating wound healing and tissue regeneration. The Centre comprises five labs, each led by a Principal Investigator.

The Healing Foundation Centre represents a 25 year commitment between the Healing Foundation and the University of Manchester's Faculty of Life Sciences.

Professor Amaya's work focuses on wound healing and tissue regeneration in frog embryos. Frog embryos share the human embryo's ability to heal wounds without scars in a matter of hours. Frogs also have the ability to regenerate tissue, including tails and limbs. By investigating the regenerative capabilities of these animals, ways of improving regenerative capacity in humans will be sought; the underlying genetic and cell biological mechanisms in frogs are essentially the same as those in humans. Professor Amaya works closely with plastic and reconstructive surgeons at Manchester's Wythenshawe Hospital. Principal Investigators at the Centre are studying the wound healing properties of drosophila (fruit flies) and frogs, and, using mouse models, the use of bone-marrow derived stem cells and the role of hormones in wound healing.

Website: www.hfctr.manchester.ac.uk

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