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Focus on Safety:
New Alternative for Breast and Facial Reconstruction
 LifeNet Health's internationally recognized Skin and Wound Allograft Institute (SWAI) announces a new decellularized, regenerative human matrix processed with a patented technology that safely renders the allogra tissue acellular without compromising its biomedical properties.
Julie Gustafson, CWCMS, is product manager for LifeNet Health's Bio-Implants Division. She says new DERMACELL® Advanced Decellularized Dermis uses SWAI's pioneering Matracell® technology to create safe and effective acellular bio-implant solutions for today's leading surgeons.
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Focus on Quality:
VertiGraft® VG2® Cervical Celebrates 10 Years as the Complete Cervical Bio-Implant
 LifeNet Health is proud to offer the VertiGraft® VG2® Cervical bio-implant, which is now the most trusted machine cervical graft available on the market. VG2 Cervical is celebrating its 10th year of improving lives through spinal surgery. The product has been used in more than 2,000,000 anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures in the United States since its creation in 2001.
VG2 Cervical has been clinically proven through published peer review articles and is becoming the graft of choice for specific spine procedures. "More surgeons are choosing the VG2 Cervical graft due to its superior performance in ACDF procedures," says Jeff May, spine product manager, LifeNet Health. "They recognize that the graft offers minimal risk and is a proven technology that continues to meet clinical needs after 10 solid years on the market."
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Focus on Innovation:
LifeNet Health Breaks Ground on Institute of Regenerative Medicine
 LifeNet Health took the first steps in developing the next generation of medical solutions by breaking ground on the Institute of Regenerative Medicine on April 20, 2011. The facility, which will be completed in the fall of 2012, will house key scientific and discovery operations on the LifeNet Health campus in the Princess Anne section of Virginia Beach, Virginia.
"As we break ground for the Institute, we are investing in state-of-the-art technologies to provide innovative products for patients around the world who suffer from injury or disease," remarked LifeNet Health President and CEO, Rony Thomas.
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Focus on Service:
Point of Honor 5k Raises Awareness and Funds for Organ Donation
 The streets of Lynchburg, VA were filled with life on April 2, 2011 when more than 400 runners and walkers showed their support for organ and tissue transplant. The annual Point of Honor 5k has grown since its inception in 2008 with 168 registrants. The race was the brainchild of race director Kevin Shroyer, a resident of Lynchburg who wanted to honor his daughter Korinne, an organ donor who saved the lives of five people. Shroyer, an avid runner, traveled the country promoting organ donation through the sport of running and can often be seen running marathons in clothing bearing organ donation messages.
LifeNet Health staff and volunteers participated in the event, which will fund initiatives in LifeNet Health Community Education, Donor and Family Services and Research and Development. In only four years, the race has raised more than $11,000 and increased awareness of organ donation among hundreds of race participants.
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