Sentences with phrase «artificial blood vessels»

On - demand replacement body parts inched closer to reality with the announcement from San Diego biotech company Organovo that its organ «printer» had created the first artificial blood vessel made entirely from human cells, with no synthetic scaffolding.

When seeded with cells, the channels act as artificial blood vessels.

The research team has developed a microscale electronic sensor to monitor blood flow through artificial blood vessels.

On Friday I discussed one of the recent developments in the science of tissue engineering, the development of artificial blood vessels for transplant by Dr. Laura Niklason of Yale University.

Scientists report today that artificial blood vessels made using a person's own skin cells work well in patients receiving kidney dialysis.

«The application of our approach ranges from bone - implants to cardiovascular stents and artificial blood vessels,» Dr Akhavan said.

«If a patient is lucky and bloating is found before rupture, it needs to be treated surgically, such as by transplanting an artificial blood vessel or inserting a stent graft.

A camera attached to a microscope allowed the researchers to record the tumors invading the artificial blood vessel.

Even in its current form, the team has shown that the AngioChip can be implanted into a living animal, its artificial blood vessels connected to a real circulatory system.

This line of investigation could eventually lead to artificial blood vessels, grown with patients» own cells or «off the shelf,» or biological / pharmaceutical treatments that promote the regeneration of damaged blood vessels.