Research Targets of Regenerative Medicine

Abstract

The field of regenerative medicine has recently made marked advances in stem cell research. Adult stem cells, called somatic or tissue stem cells that can only be differentiated into limited cell types, have been generally used for regenerative medicine. However, with the development of iPS cells, tissues and cells of interest will be artificially generated and implanted into patients to repair sites of damage. In the present study, technical objectives for this purpose are summarized. Also, I described the special characteristics of regenerative medicine in the dental field, the idea to improve the Embryo Stem Cell Test (EST) of in vitro embryotoxicity test protocol using ES cells.