regenerative medicine

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1. A term applied to new medical advances in which an understanding of the human genome allows us to use the body's own mechanisms to heal it. Expected advances include a host of new pharmaceuticals and, eventually, the ability to create new tissues for transplant. (See embryonic stem cell.)

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"These kinds of NIH-funded studies can help us offer advanced treatments in the field of regenerative medicine, and we are happy we can offer this first-in-human, cutting-edge clinical trial at the University of Michigan."

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Czechowicz began studying blood-forming stem cells in 2004 as an undergraduate working with Irving Weissman, MD, then director of Stanford's Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.

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The research received funding from anonymous donors, the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, and the Fanconi Cancer Foundation.

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"Understanding how stem cells are regulated in living organisms is one of the great challenges in the fields of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine," said Sánchez Alvarado.

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The findings open new possibilities for regenerative medicine.

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