Regenerative medicine in andrology: Tissue engineering and gene therapy as potential treatment options for penile deformations and erectile dysfunction.
Tissue engineering and gene therapy are currently investigated in animal studies for reconstructing penile tissue or treating erectile dysfunction. This review aims to examine these experimental efforts from the last years and tries to give a brief introduction to the basic methodology of these new techniques from the field of regenerative medicine.
Schultheiss
Dirk
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Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, Tissue Engineering Network, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. schultheiss@mh-hannover.de
D033441:Andrology; D000818:Animals; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000628:therapy*; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000002:abnormalities*; D044968:Regenerative Medicine; D023822:Tissue Engineering