As an alternative to prosthetics, some scientists are interested in bioengineering replacement limbs using tissues or cells from limb recipients. Researchers took a step toward this goal by essentially regrowing rat forearms and hands from a biological scaffold. Harald Ott, assistant professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the study’s coauthor.
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