title: Regenerative medicine. Opportunities and challenges: a brief overview.
abstract: Regenerative medicine is a new multi-disciplinary field aiming at the repair or replacement of disease body parts. The field is progressing at an unprecedented pace and although the opportunities are immense, many hurdles lie ahead. This brief review analyses the opportunities and challenges faced by regenerative medicine.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Regenerative Medicine, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Room 144, Roderic Hill Building, London SW7 2AZ, UK. ulia.polak@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: Dame Julia
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Polak
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D044968:Regenerative Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D057905:Stem Cell Research; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D023822:Tissue Engineering
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials
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