Chapter 42
Regeneration and Repair

Regeneration and repair processes are critical in healing damages caused by injury, disease, and aging. In regeneration, the damaged tissue is…

Following injury, the integrity of the injured tissues must be reestablished. For example, in skin tissue, wound repair involves coordination among…

The liver is an important organ in vertebrates that plays an essential role in metabolism. It is also responsible for storing and redistributing…

Stem cell therapy is a method used in regenerative medicine to repair and restore function to damaged tissues and organs. Stem cells have the…

Planarians are flatworms that are extremely efficient at regeneration. They owe this ability to a large number of stem cells that can rapidly respond…

The liver has a great capacity to regenerate. Hepatocytes, the parenchymal cells of the liver, can regenerate in one of two ways: hepatocyte- or…

Use of Human Perivascular Stem Cells for Bone Regeneration
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Human perivascular stem cells (PSCs) can be isolated in sufficient numbers from multiple tissues for purposes of skeletal tissue engineering1-3. PSCs…