Laboratory-grown urethras implanted in patients, scientists report

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 04:00 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues reported today on a new advance in tissue engineering. The team is the first in the world to use patients' own cells to build tailor-made urinary tubes and successfully replace damaged tissue.

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