Here Liz Bonnin from the BBC’s Bang Goes The Theory discusses stem cells, cell potency, and cell specialisation. Bonnin briefly explains the difference between embryonic and adult stem cells. The video then explores the impact that regenerative therapies could...
Vatican hosts conference on advancements in stem cell therapy The Vatican holds conference about the advancements in stem cell therapy. “These cells come from all of us; from the teeth, in your fat, in your bone marrow, they come from the umbilical cord, and the...
3D Printer Here Lawrence Bonassar describes how he has developed a technique which allows living cells to be printed with a material and go on to be used to reconstruct tissues in the body. After taking a 3D scan a printer can then be loaded with “ink”...
Imagine a world where we can repair a heart like new or replace it with a heart grown from your own stem cells. A world where disease is not debilitating and treatments make you as good as new… this is the promise of tissue...
Anthony Atala: Printing a human kidney Anthony Atala discusses the shortage of organs available for transplant and the aging population. Medicine has enabled us to live longer, however our organs tend to fail. There is now an organ shortage crisis as the number of...
Alan Russell discusses how the potential of regenerative medicine in contrast to the idea of bio-mechanics and drugs. In this interesting talk, Russell states that regenerative medicine could regenerate the lost function of the body by regenerating the function of...
