{"id":134,"date":"2013-02-14T15:52:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T15:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bioengineer.org\/anthony-atala-printing-a-human-kidney\/"},"modified":"2013-08-24T09:40:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T09:40:48","slug":"anthony-atala-printing-a-human-kidney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bioengineer.org\/anthony-atala-printing-a-human-kidney\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Atala: Printing a human kidney"},"content":{"rendered":"
Anthony Atala is the director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, where his work focuses on growing and regenerating tissues and organs. His team engineered the first lab-grown organ to be implanted into a human — a bladder — and is developing experimental fabrication technology that can "print" human tissue on demand. In 2007, Atala and a team of Harvard University researchers showed that stem cells can be harvested from the amniotic fluid of pregnant women. This and other breakthroughs in the development of smart bio-materials and tissue fabrication technology promises to revolutionize the practice of medicine.<\/p>\n
\n\t"Anthony Atala bakes things that will make you feel good inside, but we're not talking cakes and muffins."<\/p>\n
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