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Learn how tissue implants which are grown on 3-d scaffold proved to be more effective in healing damaged blood vessels by atherosclerosis

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Learn how tissue implants which are grown on 3-d scaffold proved to be more effective in healing damaged blood vessels by atherosclerosis

Learn how tissue implants which are grown on 3-d scaffold proved to be more effective in healing damaged blood vessels by atherosclerosis

Growing implant tissue on 3-D scaffolds.

Video: © Massachusetts Institute of Technology (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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A section of tissue engineered to serve as a vascular graft.

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bioartificial limb

bioartificial limb

A bioartificial rat limb shown suspended in a bioreactor that contains a nutrient...

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