Transplantable Blood Vessels Woven from Lab-Grown Human Tissue

Image courtesy of iStockphoto/adventtr More than 382,000 people with kidney disease in the U.S. are on dialysis, a painful procedure that can wreak havoc on blood vessels due to constant jabs from large needles. During dialysis, a patient’s blood is filtered out of their body and through a machine that performs the work normally done by the kidneys.

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Transplantable Blood Vessels Woven from Lab-Grown Human Tissue