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Lab-grown bladders prove a success in dogs
Using a dog's own cells, researchers have created an artificial organ and successfully transplanted it into the animal, allowing the return of bladder control.
References:
Lorenz, C., and B.M. Schaefer. 1999. Reconstructing a urinary bladder. Nature Biotechnology 17(February):133.
Oberpenning, F. . . . and A. Atala. 1999. De novo reconstitution of a functional mammalian urinary bladder by tissue engineering. Nature Biotechnology 17(February):149.
Sources:
Anthony Atala
Children's Hospital
Department of Urology
Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Cellular Therapeutics
Boston, MA 02115
David J. Mooney
University of Michigan
Dept of Chemical Engineering
2300 Hayward
3074 H.H. Dow Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2136
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 7, February 13, 1999, p. 101. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
