cell-based therapy
nounUK /ˈsɛl beɪst ˈθɛrəpi/
US /ˈsɛl beɪst ˈθɛrəpi/
A treatment that uses living cells to help fix or heal a sick body.
Doctors used cell-based therapy to help the patient's damaged heart heal.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A medical approach where cells are grown or changed outside the body and then given back to the patient.
The lab expanded the patient's cells before the cell-based therapy was infused.
3. Treatment that uses cells as the active medicine rather than a chemical drug.
Unlike a pill, cell-based therapy works through living cells that respond to the body.
4. A branch of regenerative medicine focused on repairing tissues with cell transplants.
Researchers in cell-based therapy are testing new ways to rebuild cartilage.