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Important milestones on the way to clinical translation

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Regenerative medicine can be viewed as 'tissue engineering V2.0'. Discoveries and novel applications of technology advanced the field considerably in 2016, with the use of new biomaterials, stem cells and biologically active molecules.

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Figure 1: Gene therapy combined with tissue engineering produces engineered constructs with therapeutic anticytokine effects.

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  1. Daniel A. Grande is at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Research Laboratory, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and North Shore-LIJ Health System, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, New York 11030, USA.,

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Grande, D. Important milestones on the way to clinical translation. Nat Rev Rheumatol 13, 67–68 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2016.214

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