CBS report on regenerative medicine

Posted: October 6th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Animal - Material, Artificial Bodies, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, General, Human body, Living tissue, Pig bladder, Regeneration, Regenerative medicine | No Comments »

Imagine re-growing a severed fingertip, or creating an organ in the lab that can be transplanted into a patient without risk of rejection. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s not. It’s the burgeoning field of regenerative medicine, in which scientists are learning to harness the body’s own power to regenerate itself, with astonishing results.”

via http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/22/sunday/main3960219.shtml



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