Artificial Tissue and Organs
Artificial issue engineering has the potential to be a game-changer in the way we diagnose and treat chronic diseases like HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and heart failure. Recent progress in Artificial tissue engineering has led to some unexpected developments: Engineered skin that can replace grafts for burn patients Windpipe transplants for people who are too sick […]
Should unhealthy people be refused emergency organ transplants due to their lifestyle choices?
There are thousands of people dying to buy a kidney, however, the donators are extremely rare. About 350,000 Americans suffer from end-stage renal disease, a state of kidney disorder so advanced that the organ stops functioning altogether (Thomas, 1993). There are no miracle drugs that can revive a failed kidney, leaving dialysis and kidney transplantation […]