Thursday, July 7, 2011

Lab Builds a Fully Functioning Artificial Small Intestine

Small Intestine in LAB(ready for implant) California researchers have created a tissue-engineered small-scale small intestine in mice, a breakthrough for regenerative medicine and a step toward growing new intestines for humans. The process re-creates all the layers of cells that make up a functioning intestine. New small intestines grew on the scaffold, the researchers say, and they had all the constituents of a normal intestine. The new intestines “contained the most essential components of...

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