Within a decade, people in need of a new liver, heart or kidney will get a new one practically on demand. These brand-new organs will be regenerated from their very own cells. That's according to one maverick expert, Dean Kamen. He is a serial inventor of medical devices, with 440 patents to his credit. That includes an electronic wheelchair that can climb and descend stairs, a robotic prosthetic arm and the first portable insulin-delivery system. Kamen believes regenerative medicine is the next big thing. And he says medical research is close to creating relatively inexpensive, engineered human organs. And because these organs use the "donor's" own cells, their bodies would be far less likely to reject them. It is the kind of emergent technology promised by science fiction … Dr. McCoy points some gizmo at ...To read the rest of Jon Markman’s article, click here...
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