Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

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Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

• A biomedical and classroom
• revolution

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Tissue Engineering/Regenerative Medicine

• Its HOT!
• Its Relevant!
• Everybody is a potential candidate for its
  application.
• It helps answer the dreaded question
• Why do we have to learn all this stuff?
• Its multidisciplinary, a new trend in science
  and education
• 3. Its a Burgh Thing!

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Tissue structure and function may be compromised
by

• Inherent design flaws
• Hereditary/congenital defects or conditions
• Disease
• Trauma
• Environmental influences/insults
• Aging

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Potential Solutions

• Surgical or physical manipulation
• Drug therapy
• Diet/lifestyle changes
• Transplants
• Artificial tissues/organs
• Gene therapy
• Tissue Engineering/Regenerative Medicine

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