Abstract:The 'Regenerative medicine' holds the promise of engineering damaged tissues and organs by stimulating the body's own repair mechanisms to functionally heal previously irreparable tissues or organs. It includes the possibility of growing tissues and organs in the laboratory and implanting them when the body cannot heal itself. It has the potential to eliminate the issues of organ transplant rejection, and the issues of the shortage of organs available for donation by regenerating organs' cells from the patient… Show more
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