The first patients have received organs grown from their own tissue in the laboratory. Bladders have been grown from people’s own muscle and bladder cells – work done by the Advanced Urology Institute in Illinois. I think the whole are of tissue regeneration is set to take off over the next 3-5 years.
For more on stem cells and other similar issues of tissue regeneration see:
http://www.globalchange.com/stemcells2.htm
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