AÑO
2017
CATEGORÍA
Cuerpo
OBJETIVOS
Salud y bienestar
PAL. CLAVE
Bio printing, synthetic biology, organs
PAÍS
United States of America
CRÉDITOS
Nathan Welham, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery Otolaryngology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
LINK
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.
