Examples
- In vitro meat: Edible artificial animal muscle tissue cultured in vitro.
- Bioartificial liver device: several research efforts have produced hepatic assist devices utilizing living hepatocytes.
- Artificial pancreas: research involves using islet cells to produce and regulate insulin, particularly in cases of diabetes.
- Artificial bladders: Anthony Atala (Wake Forest University) has successfully implanted artificially grown bladders into seven out of approximately 20 human test subjects as part of a long-term experiment.
- Cartilage: lab-grown tissue was successfully used to repair knee cartilage.
- Doris Taylor's heart in a jar
- Tissue-engineered airway
- Tissue-engineered vessels
- Artificial skin constructed from human skin cells embedded in collagen
- Artificial bone marrow
- Artificial bone
- Artificial penis
- Oral mucosa tissue engineering
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