The body parts which can be regrown in a laboratory

August 30, 2013

The concept of growing spare body parts in test tubes has long featured in science fiction, but research using stem cells is now allowing real organs and tissues to be created in laboratories. This is part of a fast moving field known as regenerative medicine, which promises to provide patients with a catalogue of spare parts to repair and replace damaged or diseased bits of the body. Already a number of tissues have been successfully created, but most have yet to be tested in the clinic. (The Telegraph)