Raphael Gorodetsky
Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel
Biography
Raphael Gorodetsky is the Head of the Laboratory of Biotechnology and Radiobiology at the Sharett Institute at Hadassah Medical Center. He studies various aspects of biotechnology, including radiobiology and tissue regeneration, development of new fibrin related bio-matrices and cell adhesion properties of a new family of cell penetrating peptides homologous to sequences on the C-termini of fibrinogen. His current focus is on cell based therapies with isolated potent secreting cells, such as isolated placental derived stromal cells for regenerative medicine and their trophic effect for mitigation of lethal high dose ionizing radiation syndrome inducing bone marrow regeneration and for treating other degenerative conditions.