Regenerative Medicine

**Semantic type:** Biomedical Occupation or Discipline

**Definition:** The branch of medicine that involves the laboratory growth of functional tissues and organs and their use to regenerate or replace tissues and organs in the body that are damaged by diseases or cannot be healed. Examples include the transplantation of in vitro developed tissues, cell therapies, and stimulation of regeneration by biological substances.

**Synonyms:** - regenerative medicine