AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
Bio printing, synthetic biology, organs
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Nathan Welham, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
WEBSITE
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28509-human-vocal-cords-built-from-scratch-in-world-first/
Vocal cords
First ever lab-grown human vocal chords – which could be used to restore the power of speech.
Doctors built the vocal cords using cells from human donors. The cells were coaxed into forming tissue that mimics vocal fold mucosa – the flaps in the larynx that vibrate to create the sounds of the human voice.
This is the latest success in the rapidly advancing field of tissue regeneration.
