Replacing Body Parts
Custom-made hearts, lungs, kidneys, and other organs could revolutionize organ transplantation.
Medtronic-Bakken Chair in Cardiac Repair and the Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Repair, Dr. Taylor blends research using stem cells, genes, and devices to develop novel cardiac and vascular technologies--ones to prevent, treat, and hopefully one day, cure heart ailments. She is involved in both laboratory and clinical studies using cell therapy to treat disease.
Custom-made hearts, lungs, and kidneys could revolutionize organ transplantation. NOVA scienceNOW Replacing Body Parts
Scientists are learning how to grow custom-made body parts so they can be ready when you—and your vital organs—start falling apart. At the University of Minnesota, Doris Taylor and her colleagues strip organs of their cells, reseed the organ “skeletons” with living cells, and watch as the organs start working right in front of their eyes. WATCH this amazing Nova ScienceNOW episode
Aired January 26, 2011 on PBS
