"It's a very dramatic effect, " says Lefer, who envisions a new generation of heart tissue preserving drugs.
Dr Frisen reckons that they may offer several advantages over human embryonic stem cells which, although easier to manipulate, are a controversial source of new tissue because they are still mainly obtained from aborted fetuses.
The task was to create new packaging for a leading brand of tissue paper.
"During the surgery, we go to the area that has been damaged, clean out scar tissue and plug in a new, engineered urethra, " said Atala.
It also wants a human tissue register to back up new rules on the retention of organs, published by the Royal College of Pathologists last month.
The first step for engineering a new urethra is to take a very small piece of the patient's own tissue (around half the size of a postage stamp) from the bladder area.
For her pioneering approach to biomaterial development to regenerate damaged nerve tissue and for her development of a new method to deliver drugs to the spinal cord and brain.
Between the old school of steel frames and new era of carbon fiber, Jordan formed a connective tissue.
But a new outpatient procedure that lets doctors zap Barrett's tissue with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is showing promise.
But a new breakthrough from Harvard researchers has produced the first "cyborg" tissue, created by embedding functional, biocompatible nanowires into lab-grown flesh.
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Lundin also believes that large-scale digitization of all tissue samples will also allow for the development of a whole new field of image-based analysis methods.
Police in New York are investigating claims that the managers of a company called Biomedical Tissue Services took body parts without the consent of next of kin.
If the spinal cord is damaged in a way that cuts the bladder off from the brain, the nervous tissue below the break will often remodel itself to create a new bladder-emptying reflex.
It also recommended that follow-up research takes place on children born using the new techniques, and that the donor should be thought of in the same way as a tissue donor, meaning they would have no rights over the child.
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The new guidelines set down how doctors should seek permission for a post-mortem examination and consent for organs and tissue to be retained for teaching and research.
When such a cell divides, at least one of its daughters is also a stem cell (the other may set off on the route to specialisation that allows stem cells to generate new tissue).
Tissue from the cord of new born babies is being recycled by doctors to help patients who need a bone marrow transplant, but who cannot find a match.
Novelty bathroom tissue may not be much of a perk, but some of the other fringe benefits Armstrong and his new content chief, Arianna Huffington, have introduced of late have more appeal.
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