Re:Scientists have successfully transplanted a bioengineered...
by textor on Sunday August 05, 2018 @05:58PM
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While this is fascinating, I wonder if we could produce the scaffolding itself de novo, and if not, then why? It's not a living thing, just a porous biocompatible structure. At worst, we could grow a lot of skin and process it into scaffolding of arbitrary shape. Or is there some crucial trick, such as remaining chemical signals that guide the development of new cells?
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Re:Scientists have successfully transplanted a bioengineered...
by Nasrudith on Sunday August 05, 2018 @06:20PM
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I could see tolerances being an issue there are a lot of fine structures - even if we could shape the protein scaffolds successfully lungs would be far more complex than say a bladder.