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Tissue Engineering
If Victor Frankenstein were now a practicing physician, perhaps he'd be a pioneer in the new science of tissue engineering. Chemists and clinicians are joining forces to develop materials that will work with the human body to replace damaged bones, skin or organs. In this hour: building a body, molecule by molecule.
Guests:
Solomon Pollack
Professor and Chairman of Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Robert Valentini
Professor of Biomaterials and Orthopedics
Brown University
Providence, RI
Gerald Pollack
Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
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