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Anthony Atala: Imprimindo um rim humano

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O cirurgião Anthony Atala demonstra uma experiência ainda em fase inicial que pode um dia resolver o problema de doação de órgãos: uma impresoora 3D que utiliza células vivas para produzir um rim transplantável. Utilizando uma tecnologia similar, o jovem paciente do Dr. Atala, Luke Massella, recebeu uma bexiga fabricada 10 anos atrás; vêmo-lo ele na apresentação.

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 Portuguese by Juan Zambon
Reviewed by Nuno Miranda Ribeiro
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