Imagine a future where we can build replacement organs as easily as tech companies churn out new phones. Or where a heart attack can be cured with a simple patch. Or where liver failure can be reversed with a supercharged tissue implant.
They might sound like ideas pulled straight from a sci-fi movie, but this future is closer than you think—thanks to Christopher Chen. A Boston University biomedical engineer, Chen was recently named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow in recognition of a career filled with patents and inventions—many building toward those potentially life-saving breakthroughs.
