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Growing organs from stem cells
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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. 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.

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