Tissue Engineering Benefits

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Everyday millions of people are born with mutations, harmful diseases, as well as being in a tragic event like fire, frost bite, or other events losing skin or body parts. Today we have progressed further and further into science. Scientist have discovered a new method called Tissue Engineering. By using cells to create a new tissue or even a working organ, they then are able to be put back inside the hosts body like nothing ever happened for people all over the world. This method is being used all over the world to help any people from being inside the womb till their 80s by creating anything ranging from noses, skin, bladders, kidneys, and believe it or not even hearts!
Tissue Engineering fascinates me because everyday lives are being saved and also improved from this method to people who need an organ or a connective tissue.
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In our world today, many organs can be donated or extracted with previous consent from the deceased or even donors willing to donate but these rarely occurs making it difficult each day. Every 10 minutes, another person from the United States or even outside the country is being added at this moment to a waiting list for an organ donor with similar organs to be donated. Scientists studying tissue engineering are finding cell transplantation, material science, and bioengineering useful for restoring and maintaining normal function in diseased and injured tissues. Stem cell usage is being researched by using them to help aid tissue engineering making endless possibilities that could limit them before now opening new paths. Imagine what will happen in the future as we keep progressing?! That waiting list will decrease leaving people not having to wait but only ask for the part of the tissue or organ that is destroyed that can be created within hours and put right into your body that same day. Our life expectancy will soon increase

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