{"id":87345,"date":"2012-12-16T07:51:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T07:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/longevity-medicine\/a-look-at-tissue-engineering-research.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T16:56:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T20:56:18","slug":"a-look-at-tissue-engineering-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/longevity-medicine\/a-look-at-tissue-engineering-research.php","title":{"rendered":"A Look at Tissue Engineering Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIT news<\/a> here looks at the present state of tissue engineering<\/a>, with a focus on work that is taking place at their own institution:<\/p>\n

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In the 1970s and 1980s, tissue engineers began working on growing replacement organs for transplantation into patients. While scientists are still targeting that goal<\/a>, much of the tissue engineering research [is] also focused on creating tissue that can be used in the lab to model human disease and test potential new drugs.<\/p>\n

Another near-term goal for tissue engineers is developing regenerative therapies that help promote wound healing. [Healthy cells] sitting adjacent to diseased tissues can influence the biology of repair and regeneration, [which might be achieved via] implantable scaffolds embedded with endothelial cells<\/a>, which secrete a vast array of proteins that respond to injury. Endothelial cells, normally found lining blood vessels, could help repair damage caused by angioplasty<\/a> or other surgical interventions; smoke inhalation; and cancer or cardiovascular disease<\/a>. The implants are now in clinical trials<\/a> to treat blood-vessel injuries caused by the needles used to perform dialysis<\/a> in patients with kidney failure. <\/p>\n

One major challenge<\/a> for designing implantable organs is that the tissues need to include blood vessels that can connect to the patient’s own blood supply. [Researchers] are working on inducing blood vessels to form by growing cells on nanopatterned surfaces, [and] recently developed 3-D liver tissues that include their own network of blood vessels. Though still a long-term goal, being able to regenerate new organs could have a great impact on the future of health care. “It’s the kind of thing that can transform society. You can’t have a drug that will grow a new liver or a new heart, so this could be huge.”<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Link: http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/newsoffice\/2012\/engineering-health-tissue-engineering-growing-organs-1214.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.fightaging.org\/archives\/2012\/12\/a-look-at-tissue-engineering-research.php<\/a><\/p>\n

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