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Friday, January 30, 2009
Growing artificial tissue
Taking a giant step in growing artificial tissue, scientists have devised a fully automated process, which could revolutionize the production of the non-natural skin.Making use of such skin produced in the laboratory bioengineers and medical scientists can perform transplants more efficiently and that without taking much time.Alternatively, the tissue can be cryopreserved - that is, deep-frozen and stored for later use.
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Labels: Bio-engineering, Tissue Engineering
Thursday, January 29, 2009
A Virus That Rebuilds Damaged Nerves
Genetically engineered viruses could form a scaffold for nerve cells.Researchers working on tissue engineering hope to eventually be able to use a patient's own cells to grow replacement tissue for damaged hearts, livers, and nerves.Some biological engineers are using scaffolds made of polymers to try to mimic the supportive matrix of real tissue.
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Labels: Bio-engineering, Tissue Engineering