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This has always fascinated me - growing body parts in a lab.

I've always thought that in time, the human body will evolve to be able to naturally grow a lost limb etc: after all, it already can grow new bone, can repair tissue damage, nerve damage.

In the meantime however: we have this work going on -





Trachea - recently transplanted in 2011 into a patient.

Tissue grows into these and becomes part of it. It becomes the same as a nose and will even feel like one.’
When the nose is transferred to the patient, it doesn’t go directly onto the face but will be placed inside a balloon inserted beneath the skin on their arm.


After four weeks, during which time skin and blood vessels can grow, the nose can be monitored, then it can be transplanted to the face.


At the cutting edge of modern medicine, Seifalian and his team are focusing on growing replacement organs and body parts to order using a patient’s own cells. There would be no more waiting for donors or complex reconstruction – just a quick swap.


And because the organ is made from the patient’s own cells, the risk of rejection should, in theory, be eliminated

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/mosl...#ixzz1u5RJ0JdR


Are you in favour of this type of thing or does it freak you out?