Tuesday, April 04, 2006

First Bladders Grown in Lab Transplanted Breakthrough Shows Promise for Creating Other Human Organs

Source: Washington Post
Date: April 4, 2006

By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 4, 2006; Page A01

Researchers said yesterday that they have grown complete urinary bladders in a laboratory and transplanted them into patients, improving their health and achieving a Holy Grail of medicine: the first cultivation of working replacements for failing solid organs in people.

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