Thursday, July 05, 2007

Engineered Blood Vessels Function like Native Tissue

Source: University at Buffalo
Date: July 5, 2007

Summary:

Blood vessels that have been tissue-engineered from bone marrow adult stem cells may in the future serve as a patient's own source of new blood vessels following a coronary bypass or other procedures that require vessel replacement, according to new research from the University at Buffalo Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.