Arteries are constructed from tissue called endothelial cells.
(The cellular composition of cartilage, for example, can differ from tissue bank to tissue bank).
People with conditions such as heart disease or Parkinson's could benefit from tissue grown with their own DNA.
And as it moves from tissue to tissue, it divides and mutates, creating a path that may be traced back to its origins.
By contrast, he said, the new vaccine is developed from tissue cells grown in clean, modern conditions, where contamination is much less likely.
It took about three hours to "explant" Megan's pump, a procedure that required some delicate dissection to free the components from tissue that had grown into them.
Picture the pain wiring of the nervous system as an alarm, the body's evolutionary warning system that protects it from tissue injury or disease.
Importantly, the scientists retrieved healthy sperm from tissue that was cultivated after being frozen for up to 25 days, suggesting that cold storage did not harm the cells.
Wood thought it was a shock wave, penetrating the soldiers' helmets and surging through their brains, tearing blood vessels away from tissue.
Suspension of tumor cells was prepared from tissue homogenates.
A thin wall of the stuff separating graphene from tissue could save surrounding cells from a deep fried death.
