If you take silicone and apply muscle cells from a rat's heart, can you make a jellyfish? Turns out, the answer is mostly yes. The video is a perfect introduction to tissue engineering and the major benefits people can get from this pioneering field of science.

Concepts

jellyfish, bioengineering

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Research tissue engineering and current applications
• Interview a scientist who focuses on tissue engineering

Classroom Considerations

• Remember YouTube comments are open to the public and often are not appropriate for display in the classroom

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Connects many different scientific fields
• Provides closed captioning for ease of note taking

Cons

• None