Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 2017: A Year in Review

Kyung Min Park, Young Min Shin, Kyobum Kim, Heungsoo Shin

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Abstract

In 2017, a new paradigm change caused by artificial intelligence and big data analysis resulted in innovation in each field of science and technology, and also significantly influenced progress in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (TERM). TERM has continued to make technological advances based on interdisciplinary approaches and has contributed to the overall field of biomedical technology, including cancer biology, personalized medicine, development biology, and cell-based therapeutics. While researchers are aware that there is still a long way to go until TERM reaches the ultimate goal of patient treatment through clinical translation, the rapid progress in convergence studies led by technological improvements in TERM has been encouraging. In this review, we highlighted the significant advances made in TERM in 2017 (with an overlap of 5 months in 2016). We identified major progress in TERM in a manner similar to previous reviews published in the last few years. In addition, we carefully considered all four previous reviews during the selection process and chose main themes that minimize the duplication of the topics. Therefore, we have identified three areas that have been the focus of most journal publications in the TERM community in 2017: (i) advanced biomaterials and three-dimensional (3D) cell printing, (ii) exosomes as bioactive agents for regenerative medicine, and (iii) 3D culture in regenerative medicine.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)327-344
Number of pages18
JournalTissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews
Volume24
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2018

Keywords

  • 3D culture in regenerative medicine
  • a year in review
  • advanced biomaterials and 3D cell printing
  • exosomes as bioactive molecules for regenerative medicine

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