regenerative medicine

noun

: a branch of medicine concerned with developing therapies that regenerate or replace injured, diseased, or defective cells, tissues, or organs to restore or establish function and structure

Note: Regenerative medicine treatments include stem cell therapy to stimulate tissue repair and regeneration at the site of damage or the transplantation of tissues or organs made or grown outside the body.

Regenerative medicine holds promise for the treatment of degenerative and genetic diseases. One goal is to rejuvenate damaged tissue by establishing processes for the transplantation of pluripotent or multipotent stem cells, which are able to differentiate into a wide range of cell types.

—Joan C. Marini et al.

They were hailed as pioneers leading the world toward an amazing future of regenerative medicine in which doctors will make replacement parts to order. Since then, 14 other patients have received bioengineered tracheas.

—Gretchen Vogel

In an initiative to speed treatments for wounded soldiers, the U.S. Department of Defense … is entering the fast-growing field of regenerative medicine.

—Constance Holden

Examples of regenerative medicine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Understanding how their cells integrate foreign tissue without rejection could lead to breakthroughs in regenerative medicine and transplantation. —Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024

Expected to open by 2027, IU LAB's initial focus will be on research in five critical disease areas: diabetes and obesity, neuroscience, rare diseases, cancer, and bone engineering and regenerative medicine. —Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2024

The researchers say the discovery could help inform new regenerative medicine therapies. —Michael Irving, New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2024

Stem Cell Injections Stem cells are regenerative medicine obtained from the following: Amniotic fluid Blood Bone marrow Muscle Umbilical cord Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can increase in number or turn into almost any other type of human cell. —Alex Yampolsky, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

regenerative medicine

noun

: a branch of medicine concerned with developing therapies that regenerate or replace injured, diseased, or defective cells, tissues, or organs to restore or establish function and structure

Note: Regenerative medicine treatments include stem cell therapy to stimulate tissue repair and regeneration at the site of damage or the transplantation of tissues or organs made or grown outside the body.

Regenerative medicine holds promise for the treatment of degenerative and genetic diseases. One goal is to rejuvenate damaged tissue by establishing processes for the transplantation of pluripotent or multipotent stem cells, which are able to differentiate into a wide range of cell types.

—Joan C. Marini et al.

They were hailed as pioneers leading the world toward an amazing future of regenerative medicine in which doctors will make replacement parts to order. Since then, 14 other patients have received bioengineered tracheas.

—Gretchen Vogel