Regenerative medicine is a broad interdisciplinary field defined by the goal of reconstructing, repairing, or replacing missing or damaged tissue to a state as close as possible to its native architecture and function. True regeneration, long the ultimate goal of the surgeon faced with injured or diseased organs and tissues, remains frustratingly elusive in modern surgical practice. Over the past 2 decades, there have been tremendous advances in the fields of stem cell biology and bioengineering, the intersection of which offers increasing potential to achieve the goal of truly regenerative therapies for myriad clinical pathologies. The surgeon occupies a fundamental place in the field of regenerative medicine, as surgical pathology often presents an acute need for tissue and organ regener…
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Regenerative Medicine