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Blood vessels built from a patient’s cells could help people on dialysis

Patients did not have immune or other bad reactions to the bioengineered tubes

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HITTING THE CLINIC  In clinical trials, lab-grown blood vessels implanted into patients undergoing dialysis successfully integrated into patients’ circulatory systems.

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By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

Bioengineered blood vessels are one step closer to being available for patients.

In clinical trials, these vessels were installed in the arms of dialysis patients and successfully integrated into their circulatory systems, researchers report online March 27 in Science Translational Medicine.