Shulamit Levenberg found a way that broke the glass ceiling.

In 2005 she published a joint study with Professor Robert Langer of MIT, which was a breakthrough in creating parts of human tissue, which managed to create a functioning muscle tissue from embryonic stem cells successfully implanted in mice. This research should bring the medicine to create replacement organs organs, which occurred as a result of physical trauma or illness, and is of great importance in the field of tissue engineering. In early 2007, it was reported that succeeded Professor Gepstein creating in the laboratory beating heart tissue from human embryonic stem cells, on porous, biodegradable scaffold. In this work there are two innovations: the use of human embryonic stem cells, and the formation of a vascular system in the tissue, the tissue transplant is critical for the purpose of the body.

 

Krill Prize winner for 2006. This year also selected a list of 50 leading scientists of Scientific American, Science Leader "in the field of tissue engineering.