Royan Institute

Royan Institute is a renowned center committed to multidisciplinary, campus-wide, integration and collaboration of academic and medical personnel for understanding male/ female infertility, embryo development, stem cell biology, and biotechnology. Royan Institute provides comprehensive services for infertility treatment, regenerative medicine/cell therapy, the production of recombinant proteins, and the development of biological products.

Royan Institute was established in 1991 by the late Dr Saeid Kazemi Ashtiani and a group of researchers and physicians in the Iran University of Medical Sciences of Academic Center for Education, Culture, and Research (ACECR) as an outpatient surgery center to provide medical services to infertile couples as well as research and training in reproductive sciences. In 2002, the research fields at Royan Institute also extended into stem cell studies. Afterwards, the research findings were adjusted for application in regenerative medicine and cell therapy approaches. After succeeding three decades, Royan Institute focuses on increasing the success rate of infertility treatment alongside embryo health, and the level of public health through cell therapy clinical services.

Mission:
The mission of Royan Institute, which is aligned with the country’s comprehensive scientific roadmap and the ACECR development plan, can be categorized in the following aspects:
• Research and development of science and technology in the fields of reproductive biomedicine, biotechnology, stem cells, and regenerative medicine
• Education and promotion of scientific and biotechnological findings at national and international levels
• Commercialization of research and biotechnological findings to offer services and biological products for the purpose of resolving the country’s specialized needs
• Treatment of infertile patients and difficult-to-treat diseases by the efficient use of research and biotechnological findings

Vision:
Royan Institute is an international center of excellence in research and technology, a pioneer in the development of science, technology, and innovation of biological sciences, with the authority on stem cell science, reproduction, and biotechnology. Royan is planning to be effective in the improvement of “Reproductive biomedicine” and “Regenerative Medicine” in society’s health.