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Anthony Atala: Stampare un rene umano

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Il chirurgo Anthony Atala mostra un esperimento in fase iniziale che potrebbe risolvere un domani il problema della donazione di organi: una stampante 3D che fa uso di cellule viventi per fabbricare un rene trapiantabile. Con una tecnologia simile, a un giovane paziente del Dott. Atala è stata impiantata 10 anni fa una vescica realizzata in laboratorio; lo incontriamo sul palco.

Anthony Atala asks, "Can we grow organs instead of transplanting them?" His lab at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is doing just that -- engineering over 30 tissues and whole organs. Full bio »

Translated into Italian by Daniele Buratti
Reviewed by Elena Montrasio
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