Interview: Encouraging collaboration in cure-focused research

Abstract

Camillo Ricordi is the Stacy Joy Goodman Professor of Surgery, a Professor of Medicine, a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Miami, FL, USA. At this institution, he also serves as the Director of the Diabetes Research Institute and the Cell Transplant Center. Dr Ricordi is also the Responsible Head of the NIH-funded Human Cell Processing Facility and has been chairing the Dean’s Research Cabinet at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine (FL, USA), since 2006. Camillo Ricordi is an acclaimed scientist in diabetes cure-focused research. He is well known for developing the procedure for isolating and extracting human islet cells from the pancreas and he performed the first series of successful clinical human donor islet transplantations. Dr Ricordi is also currently researching methods for transplanting cells and organs without the continuous requirement for antirejection drugs. Over the years, Dr Ricordi has received numerous h...