World’s first tissue-engineered urethras ‘a success’
March 8th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 08 (ANI): Medical experts have hailed the world's first tissue-engineered urinary tubes or urethras, grown in the lab using patients' own cells, a success.US surgeons have used the lab-grown tubes ... Read more...
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‘Skin-printing’ device could rebuild damaged, burnt skin
February 21st, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine are working on a specialized skin "printing" system that could be used to rebuild damaged or burned skin.The researchers ... Read more...
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Scientists grow walnut-sized human livers in lab
October 31st, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 31 (IANS) Scientists have grown walnut-sized human livers and hope the technique can be used for transplantations. The research also opens the prospect of testing the safety of experimental drugs. ... Read more...
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‘60 Minutes’ Investigates Growing Body Parts From Human Cells
July 26th, 2010 - 11:28 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A recent episode of ‘60 Minutes’ featured a growing area of study in the medical world which makes it possible for human body parts which have been ... Read more...
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“60 Minutes” Reports About The Research To Grow Body Parts From Human Cells
July 26th, 2010 - 8:51 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
July 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) There is finally a ray of hope for those who are in desperate need of an organ transplant after a body part has failed functioning due ... Read more...
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60 Minutes: Growing Body parts from human cells
July 26th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, July 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There might be hope for the millions of people who might need an organ or some other body part to live. A new form of ... Read more...
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Dr Atlanta Is Growing Body Parts From Human Cells: Reports “60 Minutes”
July 26th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 26, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Medical science has developed a new technology called ‘regenerative medicine’, which can grow new body parts. This might come as a spark of hope ... Read more...
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Soon, spray-on skin that heals burns in days
November 23rd, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, November 23 (ANI): A clinical trial of spray-on skin that heals burns in days is set to begin in the US in December.Dr James Holmes of the Wake Forest Institute for ... Read more...
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Medieval-style ‘rack’ that stretches skin grafts may help treat burns and wounds
May 11th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 11 (ANI): Scientists have stretched slivers of skin to twice their size in a week using a robotic bioreactor that is akin to a medieval rack, a technique that could ... Read more...
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Pharrell Williams opts for test-tube skin to cover his tattoos
July 1st, 2008 - 7:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 1 (ANI): Pharrell Williams is planning to dish out hundreds of thousands of pounds at a firm that grows new skin in a test tube - which can be ... Read more...
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