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Possible future of transplantation medicine

LyGenesis is developing a technique for implanting cells into lymph nodes for future transplantation

04-Oct-2019

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During endoscopically performed 30 minutes procedure cells will be implanted into patients lymph nodes.

Ectopic livers will be grafted into probably three to five lymph nodes.

Over the next few weeks, months lymph nodes would serve as bioreactors to grow multiple ectopic organs.

During 10 years research scientists noticed that after organogenesis lymph node disappears.

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LyGenesis

Organ regeneration using a patient's lymph nodes as bioreactors to grow ectopic organs

Michael Hufford

Professor, CMO of e-Nicotine Technology and CEO of LyGenesis.

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Regenerative Medicine