World's first tissue-engineered urethras hailed success (BBC)

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World's first tissue-engineered urethras hailed success (BBC)

By Michelle Roberts
Health reporter, BBC News

The world's first tissue-engineered urinary tubes or urethras, grown in the lab using patients' own cells, have been hailed a success by medical experts.

US surgeons have used the lab-grown tubes to treat five Mexican boys with damaged urinary tracts.

They told the Lancet that all of the boys are now fit and that the grafts have taken and repaired the defects.

The same team has already managed to grow new bladders for patients.

Professor Anthony Atala and colleagues are currently working to engineer more than 30 different replacement tissues and organs.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12666171

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Tue Mar-08-11 12:31 AM
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1. That is wonderful news! Thanks for posting! n/t

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Tue Mar-08-11 12:58 AM
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2. Amazing! n/t

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Tue Mar-08-11 05:03 AM
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3. K&R, amazing stuff they are doing now

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Tue Mar-08-11 07:05 AM
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4. They are trying to use the same basic technology to grow steaks too.

Edited on Tue Mar-08-11 07:14 AM by Kablooie

Urethras and steak!

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