Regenerative organ medicine

• April 20, 2024

The regeneration of organs by means of bioengineering seems an activity out of a science and fiction book, but now it is a palpable reality and could soon be within reach of the public.

It is popular knowledge that there is little offer of organs for transplantation in the market, which has led to the clandestine business of the black market and organ trafficking grow in populations where resources are scarce to pay for a transplant.

Anthony Atala He proposes in his conference a new option, to create human organs, from muscles and blood vessels, to bladders. Next, he exposes how his group of bioengineers They have managed to create some tissues through regeneration.

"Every 30 seconds a person dies from a disease that could be treated with tissue regeneration or a replacement "indicates Atala at the 2009 TED conference. The waiting list in recent decades has almost doubled and yet the number of people who are willing to donate is the same.

Video Medicine: Healing from Within: The Promise of Regenerative Medicine (April 2024).