Tissue Engineering

In yet another amazing story from Wake Forest University’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine, bioengineers cultured smooth muscle and nerve stem cells to create “sheets” of tissue which they wrapped around a tube-shaped chitosan scaffold to form lengths of intestines. Their animal studies show that these tubes held their shapes and developed blood vessels once they were implanted. The same scientists have regenerated anal sphincter muscle in a similar procedure. MORE

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