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When his Oceanographer father was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, and successful options for his particular case were few and far between, Dr. Duncan Ross committed himself to search for a cure. To this end, Dr. Ross enrolled in the Ph.D. program at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, ultimately obtaining a dual education in the departments of biochemistry and immunology. Dr. Ross subsequently became an expert in stem cell culture, developing proprietary methods of stem cell manipulation and licensing using growth factors and nucleic acids, methods which are utilized daily in the work performed by Kimera Labs, the company founded by Dr. Ross and currently recognized as the leader in the field of Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) exosome production.

Dr. Ross’s research in exosome isolation from perinatal cells and amniotic fluid and the development of cell-free exosome products, has been and continues to be employed by many physicians and clinics in a variety of aesthetic and regenerative medicine protocols. Dr. Ross has been featured in various peer reviewed publications including Blood and Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, and most recently in Nature. As well, Dr. Ross and Kimera Labs have received FDA Phase I/IIa Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance for a human study utilizing MSC exosomes.

Dr. Ross is also the founding board member of the nonprofit research organization, The Kimera Society, which has developed a number of clinical partners in the US and abroad by serving as an educational conduit for clinics.