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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: thedoc on 24/10/2013 22:41:28

Title: What's the long term outcome for recellularised organs
Post by: thedoc on 24/10/2013 22:41:28

What happened to the lady given a laboratory-grown trachea 5 years ago...?

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Title: Re: What's the long term outcome for recellularised organs
Post by: CliffordK on 24/10/2013 23:11:39

Very interesting.
I wonder if the next step would be building the main support structure "scaffold" with 3-D printing, or some casting process without the requirement of a human donor.  Or, for that matter, would a xenograft be possible?