Harnessing the Body to Combat Diseases

Regenerative medicine captures the body’s ability to heal itself and accelerates that to a clinically relevant time scale.

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May 4, 2011

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Regenerative medicine captures the body’s ability to heal itself and accelerates that to a clinically relevant time scale.

Director, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Monthly Issue April 2026

In this monthly issue, we examine how our understanding of energy — and how we source and use it — is evolving.

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For decades, theorists have been cooking up "theories of everything" to explain our Universe. Are all of them completely off-track?

by Ethan Siegel

As the global economy moves beyond oil, the strategic importance of the world’s most critical hydrocarbon chokepoint is likely to decline rapidly.

by Frank Jacobs

The famous framework ranks civilizations by energy use — but ignores a critical factor that can halt their progress.

by Adam Frank

A Columbia researcher argues that everything from stress to aging comes down to how energy moves through your body.

by Jasna Hodžić

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