Regenerative Biomedicine

Harvard HMS

Summary: Regenerative biomedicine aims to repair tissues and organs to restore normal function and is likely to become an increasingly important component of clinical medicine in the coming years. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is already in wide clinical use, while other regenerative therapies have entered the clinic more recently or are in clinical trials. The course will explore the role of stem and progenitor cells in tissue homeostasis, how defects in this process can lead to…