WHATISREGENERATIVE MEDICINE?
Regenerative medicine has been increasingly topical in recent years, mainly due to the increased occurrence of high-profile athletes using it to facilitate injury repair and get back in the game relatively quickly. Regenerative medicine covers a wide range of procedures and studies that center around replacing or promoting human cell activity to improve patient’s quality of life. It is a quickly-advancing field and the small studies done thus far have shown great promise. One possibility in regenerative medicine when it comes to tissue engineering is that of growing organs in laboratories in order to transplant them into humans, thereby solving the problems of organ rejection and the donor shortages that we face today. This cellular activity is being looked at in the lab setting at many major universities. Stem cell therapy and Plateletrich plasma therapy are perhaps the fastest growing and most promising fields of regenerative medicine. They both practice employing biologic cells to repair musculoskeletal issues caused by repetitive stress, injury, or aging. There are three different types of therapy, each with their own differences and potential benefits.
