Nanotechnology-Based Chip Used To Repair Injured Tissue Or Restore Function

Ohio State Researchers Develop Regenerative Medicine Breakthrough by Eileen Scahill.  Ohio State University.  August 7, 2017. 

Rat Limb Grown In Laboratory; May Foreshadow Growing Human Replacement Limbs

Scientists Grow New Limb In A Lab by Bianca Seidman.  CBS News.  June 5, 2015. 

Turmeric Compound May Further Neuronal Regeneration

Promising Drug Candidate For Alzheimer's Found In Turmeric Compound by Marie Ellis.  Medical News Today.  September 26, 2014.

Protein Identified That Could Trigger Nerve Regeneration In Humans; Treatment For Paralysis?

Small Molecule 'Could Treat Paralysis By Triggering Nerve by Honor Whiteman.  Medical News Today.  August 6, 2014.

Reversion Of Tissue To Embryonic State Achieved For The First Time In An Animal

Stem Cells:  Living Adult Tissue Transformed Back Into Embryo State by James Gallagher.  BBC News.  September 11, 2013.

(1)  This new technique could led to ways to _______________.

(2)  However the technique lead to ___________ in mice pointing to issues of _______ in the process.  

(3)  A possible use in ophthalmology could be ____________________

A Liver From Skin And Blood Stem Cells: A First For Science

Scientists Create Human Liver From Stem Cells by Kate Kelland.  Reuters.  July 3, 2013.

Read the article and test your retention with the following quiz.

(1)  It may take ___________ years before lab-grown livers could treat patients.

(2)  There are two main forms of stem cells, _____________________________.

(3)  iPS stands for ____________________.

(4)  Researchers used iPS cells to produce these three different types of cells that combine in embryo to produce the human liver: ____________________________________________.

(5)  The greatest impact iPS cell-liver buds may be _________________________.

Implantation of Bioengineered Windpipe The First For The United States

Groundbreaking Surgery For Girl Born Without Windpipe by Henry Fountain.  The New York Times.  April 30, 2013.

The windpipe was made of plastic fibers bathed in stem cells from bone marrow.

Rat Kidney Engineered Using Collagen Scaffolding, An Advance To Human Kidney Replacement

Bioengineered Rat Kidney Could Lead To treatments For People by Eryn Brown.  The Los Angeles Times.  April 14, 2013.

The decellurization approach used in this research contrasts with the approach using 3D printers to create organs.

Possibility of Lab Engineered Ovaries For Hormone Replacement Therapy

Researchers Build Functional Ovarian Tissue In Lab.  Wake Forest University.  March 26, 2013.

While there are drugs to compensate for the loss of female sex hormone production, they often have long-term consequences include heart disease and breast cancer.  An engineered artificial ovary may provide a more natural option for hormone replacement therapy.

Science Fiction Comes Alive As Researchers Grow Organs In the Lab

Science Fiction Comes Alive AS Researchers Grow Organs In the Lab by Gautam Naik.  The Wall Street Journal.  March 22, 2013.

The article contains an interesting chart of six steps to growing a new heart.

3D Printer Produces Artificial Cartlilage

Innovative 3D Printer Produces Artificial Cartilage.  Medical News Today (MNT)  November 22, 2012.

The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine has combined two techniques--an electrospinning machine and an ink jet printer--to produce implantable cartilage.  A combination of synthetic and natural materials insures both that the tissue would grow and that it would be strong.