AHA 2005

Engineered Blood Vessels Coming down the Pipe

November 17, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment
Todd McAllister
Todd McAllister

Blood vessels made through tissue engineering are being trialled in humans and may provide a future source of grafts from coronary applications. That is the latest from a California-based company, Cytograft, who presented details of their methods and current human trial at the AHA meeting. Todd McAllister told Audio Medica how it all works.

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