What is regenerative medicine?
Published 2026-09-14Updated 2026-09-14Last verified 2026-09-14
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Regenerative medicine is a field that aims to repair, replace or regenerate damaged cells, tissues or organs using approaches such as cell therapy, tissue engineering and biomaterials. Established examples include hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; many other treatments remain investigational and are regulated as biological products or clinical research.
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- governmentStem Cell Basics — National Institutes of Health (NIH) · accessed 2026-09-14
- governmentFDA Warns About Stem Cell Therapies — U.S. Food and Drug Administration · accessed 2026-09-14