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Disease: heart, kidney, liver Trauma Environment: x-rays, 2 nd hand smoke 4. Aging

What harms human tissues?. Disease: heart, kidney, liver Trauma Environment: x-rays, 2 nd hand smoke 4. Aging 5.Congenital Defects: cleft palate, heart. How do Humans replace injured tissues?. Drug therapy Surgery Transplants.

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Disease: heart, kidney, liver Trauma Environment: x-rays, 2 nd hand smoke 4. Aging

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  1. What harms human tissues? Disease: heart, kidney, liver Trauma Environment: x-rays, 2nd hand smoke 4. Aging 5.Congenital Defects: cleft palate, heart

  2. How do Humans replace injured tissues? • Drug therapy • Surgery • Transplants “Every 30 seconds, a patient dies from a disease that could be treated with tissue replacement."This shocking observation, presented by Dr. Anthony Atala, Wake Forest School of Medicine, N.C., emphasizes the need for regenerative technology.

  3. PTEI- Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative • 1997- University of Pittsburgh organized first meeting to discuss • human tissue regeneration/leaders in the WORLD! • Scientists from all over world attended/still occurs yearly • Main goal: repair damaged tissues, not replace entire organ, but • today working on generating new organs WIRED SCIENCE | Body Builders Re-gen Revolution

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