Editing Dean Kamen (section)

=== Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute ===
In 2017, Kamen founded the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.armiusa.org/|title=Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute|website=Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> and launched BioFabUSA,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manufacturingusa.com/institutes/biofabusa|title=BioFabUSA|website=Manufacturing USA|language=en|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> a [[Manufacturing USA]] Innovation Institute with an $80 million grant from the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]. BioFabUSA's mission is to "...''make practical the large-scale manufacturing of engineered tissues and tissue-related technologies, to benefit existing industries and grow new ones"''<ref name=":0" /> In addition to DoD funding, Kamen brought together a consortium of private sector entities to form a [[Public–private partnership|public-private partnership]] which pledged $214M additional private dollars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/192860/dod_funded_advanced_regenerative_manufacturing_institute_opens_its_doors_to_the_future|title=DOD-funded Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute opens its doors to the future|website=www.army.mil|date=August 24, 2017 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref>

In early 2020, ARMI was awarded a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to establish the first Foundry for American Biotechnology,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/02/10/hhs-pioneers-first-foundry-for-american-biotechnology.html|title=HHS Pioneers First Foundry for American Biotechnology|date=2020-02-10|website=HHS.gov|language=en|access-date=2020-04-16|archive-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417013424/https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/02/10/hhs-pioneers-first-foundry-for-american-biotechnology.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> known as NextFab<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-media/press-2020/20200214-first-foundry-biotechnology.htm|title=First Foundry for American Biotechnology Launched in New Hampshire {{!}} Governor Christopher T. Sununu|website=www.governor.nh.gov|access-date=2020-04-16}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> "to produce technological solutions that help the United States protect against and respond to health security threats, enhance daily medical care, and add to the U.S. [[Biobased economy|bioeconomy]]".<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bookman |first=Todd |date=2023-11-19 |title=Dean Kamen's private companies reap millions from the federally funded nonprofit he runs |url=https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-11-19/dean-kamen-companies-reap-millions-from-federally-funded-nonprofit-he-runs |access-date=2023-11-20 |work=New Hampshire Public Radio |language=en}}</ref>