Research Blog:Spare Parts for Humans: Tissue Engineers Aim for Lab-Grown Limbs, Lungs and More

In this article I learned of the amazing things scientists can make our bodies do. At the start of the video it shows a marine named Mile O'Brien who has most of the skin and some of the muscle in his leg destroyed. His muscle is literally visible on his leg. However working with the these amazing tissue engineers they are working on ways to be able to grow tissue or even organs to repair damaged human bodies. Using stem cells and a lot of rigorous physical therapy they found that they were able to turn the cells into muscle. With the help of the scientists Mr. O'Brien was able to regenerate around 10 to 15 percent of the muscle he lost. However, the muscle has gotten so strong that it is the same as him regenerating 50% of the muscle. They might even be able to make extra body parts for people being able buy.They have been working on over 30 different tissues and organs and even extra appendages like ears and even a beating heart valve. Most of these experiments have been testing on salamanders and seen on the movie they actually regenerate limbs. There was also another example of a man that dove into the shallow end of a pool and was completely paralyzed. With the help of stem cells though he was able to talk move his arms and getting stronger. He is believing that he will be able to walk again at the rate he is going. I had no idea that it was possible to repair the body this much. Its awesome that we have this technology to give people there lives back that were injured. After watching this video I am amazed at the things that we are able to do with science
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