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Spare Parts for Humans: Tissue Engineers Aim for Lab-Grown Muscles, Limbs, Lungs and More [Video]

A new research breakthrough has enabled scientists from the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh to grow human tissue to repair or replace organs, and someday, maybe even limbs.

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