This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) Conflict of interest: None declared | Source of funding: Nil | DOI: http://dx. Abstract This is an exciting time for biomedical science and its application. Mankind has advanced beyond the ability to create inanimate objects, towards repair of damaged tissues as well as creating replacement (bioartificial) organs and regenerating our own living body

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... . Regenerative medicine builds on the interface between materials science and biocompatibility, and integrates cells, natural or synthetic scaffolds, and specific signals to create new tissues. This field is increasingly being viewed as having enormous clinical potential, likely to revolutionise the entire health care delivery.