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Race to create body parts in the lab

05-Dec-2017

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Decellurised scaffold is basted in patient stem cells, called mesoangioblasts.

Bioreactor pumps in nutrients and cells begin to form a tube of smooth muscle.

Then need to place under the skin to vascularise it.

Ultimate goal is to make synthetic organs from scratch using a synthetic scaffold.

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Michele De Luca

Genetically modified skin transplants expert and Scientific Director at Holostem

Paolo De Coppi

Nuffield Professor of Paediatric Surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

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Regenerative Medicine