Regenerative medicine applications

Following my recent blog about the regenerative medicine industry and how the US, Canada, UK, Japan, South Korea and China are leading the global race, it’s time to show you how this industry can impact our lives with some very cool videos.

These videos show some of the possible implications and applications of this technology: growing stem cells, regrowing finger tips, pulsing heart valves for transplantation, bioengineered hearts, and you’ll see the actual transplantation of a bioengineered bladder.

Check out these three recent videos by CBS. Not only do they have great shots of the cells and organs but they also give a nice basic overview of this emerging medical industry, even though it only focuses on the US.

• Regenerated Body Parts (4:08): just using a powder, a patient regrew half an inch of his finger (skin, nerves, blood vessels, and fingernail) in 4 weeks
• Manufacturing Body Parts (3:50): shows pulsing heart valves and bladder transplantation
• Powder Mends Severed Finger (2:40): interviews the patient and shows you his healed hand

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