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To: mdmathis6

Micromatrix approach begins with a clean biological scaffold which is then infused with a recipients stem cells to grow a new functional organ. Likely to succeed first with producing a functional liver.


88 posted on 07/30/2018 4:30:26 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Ozark Tom

A whole liver has to include an intrinsic vascular supply and a micro collection system for the excretion of bile...a bit more complicated then just growing tissue on a matrix bathed in nutrients. I imagine they’ll work those issues out and as the liver isn’t a muscular organ the way the heart is, I agree you might see livers first.


90 posted on 07/30/2018 4:44:25 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (Men and Devils can't out-"alinsksy" God! He knows where "all the bodies are buried!")
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