News tagged with artificial organs
Study uses bone marrow stem cells to regenerate skin
Jan 14, 2009 |
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A new study suggests that adult bone marrow stem cells can be used in the construction of artificial skin. The findings mark an advancement in wound healing and may be used to pioneer a method of organ reconstruction. The ...
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Artificial skin system can heal wounds
Dec 20, 2007 |
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A new study in Artificial Organs tested the effects of a wound dressing created with hair follicular cells. The findings reveal that skin substitutes using living hair cells can increase wound healing.
'Bionic' nerve to bring damanged limbs and organs back to life
Oct 17, 2007 |
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University of Manchester researchers have transformed fat tissue stem cells into nerve cells — and now plan to develop an artificial nerve that will bring damaged limbs and organs back to life.
3D printing for new tissues and organs
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 18, 2009 |
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A more effective way to build plastic scaffolds on which new tissues and even whole organs might be grown in the laboratory is being developed by an international collaboration between teams in Portugal and the UK.
Improving survival rates among users of left ventricular assist devices
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Despite the general success of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) used in critically ill heart failure patients, implantation of these devices often leads to increased bleeding and a need for high-volume blood transfusions ...
Progress Toward Artificial Tissue?
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For modern implants and the growth of artificial tissue and organs, it is important to generate materials with characteristics that closely emulate nature.
Plug and Play Bone Repair: Printing of Bioceramic Implants
Mar 02, 2007 |
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A modified ink-jet printer can be used to directly print layer upon layer of artificial bone for quick-fix grafts used in reconstructive surgery.
Artificial cells, simple model for complex structure
Feb 14, 2009 |
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A simple, chemical materials model may lead to a better understanding of the structure and organization of the cell according to a Penn State researcher.
The future of robots is rat-shaped
Jun 07, 2009 |
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Agnes Guillot dreams of one day seeing a giant 50-centimetre (20-inch) -long white rat called Psikharpax scuttling fearlessly around her lab.
The world's most common operation
Nov 09, 2009 |
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As many as 10 million people around the world suffer from cataracts. Thomas Kohnen of the Goethe University in Frankfurt and his coauthors discuss cataract surgery with the implantation of an artificial lens in the current ...
Biologically inspired sensors can augment sonar, vision system in submarines
Feb 21, 2007 |
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To find prey and avoid being preyed upon, fish rely on a row of specialized sensory organs along the sides of their bodies, called the lateral line. Now, a research team led by Chang Liu at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...
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