Regenerative Immunology: Pushing Biomaterials Beyond Tissue Repair

Regenerative Immunology: Pushing Biomaterials Beyond Tissue Repair

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Judite Novais Barbosa
i3S, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, Porto, Portugal

A B S T R A C T

In this short review, we discuss how the paradigm in the development of new biomaterials has shifted over the last years and the growing idea that the immune system is of key importance in an effective tissue repair and regeneration. The immune system is currently considered crucial for tissue regeneration, leading to the emerging concept of Regenerative Immunology.

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Review Article
Publication history
Received: Wed 27, May 2020
Accepted: Tue 09, Jun 2020
Published: Wed 30, Sep 2020
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© 2023 Judite Novais Barbosa. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.RGM.2020.02.02