Forbes December 15, 2023
This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in regenerative devices and technologies.
In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore to normal function tissues and organs that have been damaged by disease, injured by trauma, or worn by time. I include a full spectrum of chemical, gene, and protein-based medicines, cell-based therapies, and biomechanical interventions that achieve that goal.
A future where microscopic machines traverse the human body monitoring for vital signs and disease may be much closer than you think. What was once a facet of science fiction is now a reality as new ingestible vitals-monitoring pills complete their first in-human trials.
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