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Growing ears and hair with stem cells
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Stem cells are being used to grow body parts like ears and hair by shaping the scaffold models and allowing the stem cells to grow into the right shape, specially designed using plug-like rows for extracting those stem cells, which are then grown into new follicles in the lab.
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Scientists are using 3D printing to create scaffolding models for growing organs from stem cells, including hair follicles, which have a well of stem cells allowing them to continue working.
53:14 - 58:40 (05:25)
Stem cells
Summary
Scientists are using 3D printing to create scaffolding models for growing organs from stem cells, including hair follicles, which have a well of stem cells allowing them to continue working. Research in Japan and the US has discovered how to extract these stem cells and create new follicles in a lab, but shaping the organ is still a challenge.