title: Prospects for regenerative medicine approaches in women's health.
abstract: Novel regenerative strategies, stem cell-based therapies or the development of advanced human cell-based in vitro-manufactured preclinical test systems offer great potential to generate advances in clinical practice in the field of women's health. This review aims to provide a brief overview of the current advances in the field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's Health, Research Institute for Women's Health, University Hospital of the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.|Department of Cell and Tissue Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB), Stuttgart, Germany.|Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schenke-Layland
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's Health, Research Institute for Women's Health, University Hospital of the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.|Department of Women's Health, University Women's Hospital of the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Sara Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Brucker
mesh_terms: D058489:46, XX Disorders of Sex Development / Q000601:surgery; D064987:Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy / Q000379:methods; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009095:Mullerian Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D044968:Regenerative Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D057905:Stem Cell Research; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds; D016387:Women's Health
keywords: Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome; cervix; genital reconstruction; stem cells; tissue engineering