#grafts — Public Fediverse posts

#Skin #grafts are a vital treatment for burns and other extensive skin injuries. Since the 1980s, advances in #bioengineering have allowed researchers to grow new patches of skin in the lab. Such #engineered grafts are less traumatic for patients than #transplanting skin from elsewhere on the body.
#Biology #Engineering #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/02/bio02142303.html

Researchers are using a natural material derived from #seaweed to promote #vascular #cell growth, prevent #blood #clots and improve the performance of synthetic vascular #grafts used in heart #bypass #surgery.
#Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2022/12/med12052202.html