Regenerative Medicine: Cell Based Therapies and Tissue Engineering

3 units

Regenerative medicine focuses on the development of novel therapies to repair, replace, restore or regenerate cells, tissues and body organs that are defective, damaged or injured by disease. Cell-based therapies, including the use of native stem or immune cells and genetically-modified or bioengineered cells, are being evaluated for treatment of a wide variety of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease. This course will highlight basic, translational, and clinical advances in cell-based therapies and tissue engineering, with some discussion of ethical, financial, and regulatory issues that may impact such advances.