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TEDTalks: Anthony Atala Talks about Growing Human Organs at TEDMED

By grrlscientist on January 22, 2010.

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Anthony Atala's state-of-the-art lab grows human organs -- from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows footage of his bio-engineers working with some of its sci-fi gizmos, including an oven-like bioreactor (preheat to 98.6 F) and a machine that "prints" human tissue.

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