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Tech: Engineering Tissue
Regrowing skin, bones and even organs might seem like something out of a mad scientist's lab, but the reality isn't so crazy. Jorge Ribas finds out how tissue engineering could help the sick and injured.
Added: Aug 20, 2009
Views: 28612 Views
Runtime: 02:55
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