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title: 'F112 How is regenerative medicine disrupting the MedTech industry (Frank Barry)'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/f112-how-is-regenerative-medicine-disrupting-the-medtech-industry-frank-barry'
show: 'Faces of Digital Health'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/faces-of-digital-health'
published: '2020-12-19'
audio: 'https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DHT2864404143.mp3'
---

# F112 How is regenerative medicine disrupting the MedTech industry (Frank Barry)

The idea behind regenerative medicine is to enable medicine to use human cells as therapies. This means that instead of using artificial joints and other implants we currently use for healing, we could use cells that would regenerate our own tissues. Acc...

## Summary

Someday in the future, we will hopefully see 3D printed tissues and organs. To see where we are today, I spoke with prof. Frank Berry - Senior Scientist at the UHN Arthritis Programme at the Krembil Research Institute and Professor of Cellular Therapy at the Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI), National University of Ireland Galway.