Year in Review: Bioengineers make headway on human body parts
haley Hill- 4th
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/year-review-bioengineers-make-headway-human-body-parts
These organs (brain, kidney) were made by stripping down rat kidneys, and mouse hearts and adding new cells to it.
Researchers have learned how to turn embryonic stem cells into all sorts of different cell types. But, in order to be successful, the cells need to team up to form tissues and organs that doctors can transplant into patients that need them. Gel based frameworks help stick the very delicate cells together because when developing, they're very fragile.
Although this is only a start, it is the beginning of a new age of biomedically produced organs and tissues. This is a huge breakthrough and definitely will help benefit society in the future once everything is worked out.
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