The 1^st International Symposium on Stem Cells : From Biology to Innovative Therapeutics

Rationale

Considering i) cells as the structural and functional units of tissues, ii) the body is continuously repairing and renewing itself to keep its life, regenerative medicine has been developed to promote self-healing when altered tissues and organs are not able anymore to do so. Regenerative medicine aims at providing transformative health solutions to cure untreatable and devastating chronic diseases instead of treating their symptoms. This innovative medical approach is particularly willing to appraise the optimal conditions that may help the body to regenerate, repair and/or substitute its altered tissues whether intrinsically and/or exogenously. If successful, such strategy could be applied to organs and tissues also altered by age, trauma as well as inherited defects. Optimal development of regenerative medicine requires deep interactions between highly skilled people with significant expertise in biology, chemistry, medicine, radiology, imaging, engineering, omics, computer sciences, and artificial intelligence. Several strategic approaches are currently designed to assist the diseased organs and tissues for healing as for instance tissue engineering, medical devices, as well as cell and gene therapies. Since 2000, more than 300.000 papers related to regenerative medicine and tissue engineering have been published worldwide according to Pubmed, which highlights the tremendous interest and activity in these fields...Read more