Growing new organs: Anthony Atala on TED.com

Anthony Atala’s state-of-the-art lab grows human organs — from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows footage of his bio-engineers working with some of its sci-fi gizmos, including an oven-like bioreactor (preheat to 98.6 F) and a machine that “prints” human tissue. (Recorded at TEDMED, October 2009, San Diego, CA. Duration: 17:52)

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Natu Ros
Jan 22 2010
They really want to help people, the only question is how good is it to defy death when we are our own biggest threat in particular because of overpopulation on the earth.
giovanni martin
Jan 23 2010
I really like to help like these..
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Emmalyn Padua
Jan 25 2010
Many sick people around the world will benefit from this.

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sharmani Manikandan
Jan 31 2010
“grows human organs — from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more”…It is really going to help millions of people every year to live longer without any trouble.
sharmani Manikandan
Jan 31 2010
“grows human organs — from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more”…It is really going to help millions of people every year to live longer without any trouble.