... for organ repair. Using conversion of brain glia into induced neurons as an example, this Spotlight highlights conceptual advances and technical challenges. Adeno-associated virus Brain repair Direct reprogramming Glia-to-neuron conversion Proneural Regenerative medicine Wellcome Trust...

... joint injury site can promote osteogenic progression of engrafted hyaline cartilage. The findings identify fibroblasts as a cell source for engineering articular cartilage and establish a novel experimental strategy that bridges the gap between regeneration biology and regenerative medicine...

...., W.G.B., P.R.R., B.G., S.S.; Project administration: S.S.; Funding acquisition: L.G., P.R.R., S.S. Funding This work was supported by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Oxbridge Centre for Regenerative Medicine (RM/13/3/30159 and RM/17/2/33380 to L.G. and S.S.) and British Heart Foundation...

...Alecia-Jane Twigger; Christina H. Scheel An international cohort of over 300 stem cell biologists came together in Heidelberg, Germany in May 2017 as delegates of the ‘Advances in Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine' conference run through the European Molecular Biology Organization. This Meeting...

... forward. Retinal development Stem cell Regenerative medicine Degenerative retinal diseases Macular degeneration Retina pigment epithelial cells The retina consists of the multi-layered neural retina (NR) and the monolayer of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). As with other parts...

... in Cardiovascular Rejuvenation. Cardiomyocyte Heart Regenerative medicine Stem cells The first organ to be fashioned during embryogenesis – the heart – is the organ that contributes most, worldwide, to death, disability and healthcare system costs ( Roth et al., 2015 ). This daunting global burden...