Replacement Parts | The Scientist.
BBC – Future – Health – Printing a human kidney.
“A new research breakthrough has enabled scientists to grow human tissue to repair or replace organs, and someday, maybe even limbs. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.”
Watch Spare Parts for Humans: Tissue Engineers Aim for Lab-Grown Limbs, Lungs and More on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.
“Imagine re-growing a severed fingertip, or creating an organ in the lab that can be transplanted into a patient without risk of rejection. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s not. It’s the burgeoning field of regenerative medicine, in which scientists are learning to harness the body’s own power to regenerate itself, with astonishing results.”
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