regenerative medicine

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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Regenerative medicine doctor Jesse Morse pointed out in X posts that the high-grade calf strain Haliburton suffered in Game 5 was a precursor to the Achilles injury.

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He was going to study regenerative medicine with a focus on breast cancer, and had done his master's degree from a military-affiliated research institution in China.

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The Bush order did inspire California to establish the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine in 2004 with a $3-billion bond issue approved by voters.

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"Treating patients with epilepsy allows us to investigate the purpose of generating new neurons in our brains. We observe that one of reasons is to learn from the conversations we have" said co-corresponding author Michael Bonaguidi, an associate professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, gerontology, biochemistry and molecular medicine, biomedical engineering, and neurological surgery, and assistant director of the USC Neurorestoration Center.

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It further opens the door to developing functional tissues and organs and progress in the field of regenerative medicine, the researchers said.

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