Guest Editorial: Regenerative rehabilitation: A call to action
Titel:
Guest Editorial: Regenerative rehabilitation: A call to action
Auteur:
Fabrisia Ambrosio, PhD, MPT Alan Russell, PhD
Verschenen in:
Journal of rehabilitation research and development
Paginering:
Jaargang 47 (2010) nr. 3 pagina's xi-xv
Jaar:
2010
Inhoud:
We have battled against disease since the beginning of time. As science and technology have evolved, so have the weapons in our antidisease arsenal improved. Indeed, in the last 50 years, the sheer volume of knowledge about human biology has doubled every 8 years. This means that the foundation on which the design and delivery of healthcare is built is 1,000 times stronger at the end of our lives than at the beginning. In the next century, we will add therapies that can restore lost function to ailing tissues and organs to the arsenal of health-aging technologies. This "regenerative medicine" will eventually open the door to battling crippling diseases like diabetes, Parkinson, and heart failure, as well as the impacts of traumatic injury. Success in the laboratory, where all such endeavors must begin, will drive the commercial activities toward products that subsequently become available to patients.
Uitgever:
Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs (provided by DOAJ)
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