S01E05 Science NOW: Growing Organs

S01E05 Science NOW: Growing Organs

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04/04/2018 2:53PM

Episode Synopsis "S01E05 Science NOW: Growing Organs"

Here we talk about regenerative medicine and how far the field has come! Vacanti Mouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacanti_mouse Growing the human heart: https://www.popsci.com/scientists-grow-transplantable-hearts-with-stem-cells Anthony Atala and bladder transplants: http://www.wakehealth.edu/News-Releases/2006/Wake_Forest_Physician_Reports_First_Human_Recipients_of_Laboratory-Grown_Organs.htm 3D bioprinting companies: https://3dprint.com/88792/3d-bioprinting-companies/ 3D printed tibia for Reuben Lichter: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/gold-coast-man-receives-3d-printed-shinbone-in-world-first-surgery-20170908-p4yvsx.html 3D printed ears: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/china-researchers-construct-artificial-ears-using-3d-printing-tissue-engineering-128192/ http://www.ebiomedicine.com/article/S2352-3964(18)30016-1/abstract

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