biomedicines
Living-cell-derived treatments
Biomedicines are medical products derived from biological sources rather than chemical synthesis—vaccines, antibodies, gene therapies, and similar treatments produced using living cells or organisms.
The term distinguishes these therapies from traditional pharmaceuticals made through chemistry: The new biomedicines target cancer cells with unprecedented precision.
Also called biologics or biopharmaceuticals.
Disease treatment via body's defenses
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- pharmacotherapyTreatment using pharmaceutical agents
- radiotherapyMedical radiation for cancer
- gene therapyMedical DNA modification treatment
cell therapy · targeted therapy · monoclonal antibodies · biologics · biosimilars · vaccines · hormone therapy · combination therapy
Undifferentiated cells with regenerative potential
- pluripotentAble to become many cell types
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- biomaterialsMaterials interfacing with living systems
- transplantationSurgical organ relocation
differentiation · proliferation · organoids · bioprinting · growth factors · wound healing · skin grafts · angiogenesis
Study of drug actions
- immunologyScience of bodily defenses
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- neuroscienceStudy of nervous systems
- virologyStudy of infectious agents
bacteriology · pathology · toxicology · epidemiology · genomics · bioinformatics · molecular biology · cell biology
Hereditary code molecule
- RNAGene expression molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- genomeOrganism's total hereditary material
- CRISPRGene-editing molecular machinery
gene editing · sequencing · mutation · chromosomes · heredity · genotype · phenotype · alleles
Sudden important advance
- clinical trialsControlled health research experiments
- FDA approvalOfficial drug safety certification
- drug developmentProcess of creating medicines
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
biotech startups · experimental · fast-track · regulatory approval · proof-of-concept · investigational · compassionate use · blockbuster drug
immunotherapy
Disease treatment via body's defenses
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- pharmacotherapyTreatment using pharmaceutical agents
- radiotherapyMedical radiation for cancer
gene therapy · cell therapy · targeted therapy · monoclonal antibodies · biologics · biosimilars · vaccines · hormone therapy · combination therapy
stem cells
Undifferentiated cells with regenerative potential
- pluripotentAble to become many cell types
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- biomaterialsMaterials interfacing with living systems
transplantation · differentiation · proliferation · organoids · bioprinting · growth factors · wound healing · skin grafts · angiogenesis · cell culture
pharmacology
Study of drug actions
- immunologyScience of bodily defenses
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- neuroscienceStudy of nervous systems
virology · bacteriology · pathology · toxicology · epidemiology · genomics · bioinformatics · molecular biology · cell biology · biochemistry
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
CRISPR · gene editing · sequencing · mutation · chromosomes · heredity · genotype · phenotype · alleles · nucleotide
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- clinical trialsControlled health research experiments
- FDA approvalOfficial drug safety certification
- drug developmentProcess of creating medicines
patents · biotech startups · experimental · fast-track · regulatory approval · proof-of-concept · investigational · compassionate use · blockbuster drug
biomedicinessurgery
Invasive medical procedure
surgical intervention · physical therapy · radiation therapy · medical devices · psychotherapy
biomedicineshomeopathy
Diluted-substance alternative medicine
faith healing · folk remedies · traditional medicine · alternative medicine · quackery