Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Is tissue engineering used in clinical applications these days, or is it still in the research phase?

I'd appreciate examples, or citations, for anything that works, or was used

Is tissue engineering used in clinical applications these days, or is it still in the research phase?
Tissue engineering has been used - there was a recent news article describing a bladder replacement where the bladder was grown in a culture medium.
Reply:Both. Especially in burn cases where they have to harvest a limited quanity of the patient's unburned tissue for grafting.








You might try searching for burn studies?


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