Monday 14 April 2014

Swiss Scientists Perform Nose Reconstruction Surgery Using Lab-Grown Cartilage

Researchers at University of Basel in Switzerland claimed to have performed the first-ever successful nose reconstruction surgery by making use of cartilage grown in the laboratory. The researchers revealed that they collected cartilage cells extracted from the patient's nasal septum and grew them in the laboratory into a collagen membrane which was then shaped according the defect and implanted into the patients. Around five patients, all aged between 76 ...

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