Regenerative medicine and the developing world.
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9780494213148
Description: Background. Despite a high prevalence of conditions for which regenerative medicine is potentially applicable, there has been no attempt to systematically understand how regenerative medicine could contribute to improving health in the developing world.Methods. A consensus-building method was used with an international panel of experts to identify and prioritize the most promising applications of regenerative medicine for improving health in developing countries. Thematic analysis was used to identify the criteria that informed the decision-making of the panellists.Conclusions. This study indicates that regenerative medicine could potentially be relevant to developing countries, and is the first to systematically identify and prioritize applications of regenerative medicine that are the most promising for improving health in developing countries.Results. Participants ranked the ten most promising regenerative medicine applications. The top-ranked application was novel methods of insulin replacement and pancreatic islet cell regeneration for diabetes. Six decision-making criteria were identified: burden, impact, feasibility, affordability, acceptability, and indirect benefits.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-03, page: 1452.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

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