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COTTON CANDY MACHINE USED TO REGROW HUMAN TISSUE?
This cotton candy machine has a higher calling than satisfying a sweet tooth. It's whipping up polymer fibers that may one day be a key ingredient in life-saving medical technologies. With support from the National Science Foundation,...
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Science Friday: Making Tissues From Water Droplets?
Reporting in Science, Gabriel Villar and colleagues say that tiny water droplets can be engineered to work together sort of like cells -- moving in concert, passing electrical signals. Villar built a machine that fabricates these...
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Science Friday: What the Doctor Ordered: Building New Body Parts
The science of regenerative medicine is developing methods for manufacturing new body parts such as organs, tissues, and muscles. Aired Sept. 21, 2012 [23:20 min]