Human skin cells have been reprogrammed into heart valve cells and then used to successfully transplant a pig heart valve ...

The company has developed engineered porcine heart valves for replacement surgery in humans ... Skin2 is living human skin tissue used to test skin care, household, chemical, and pharmaceutical ...

"Scars are the bane of all surgeons," he says. Once applied to skin wounds or sutured internally, the material prompts the body to build new tissue, inexplicably replacing the intestine-derived ...

where there are more tissue banks. An initial skin graft normally lasts a couple of weeks. The idea is the body can begin to repair itself, but replacement grafts are often needed. Chief Medical ...