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Regenerative Medicine
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Biologists Grow Human-Eye Precursor from Stem Cells
Nature News coverage of a 2012 milestone: biologists grew a human eye cup (optic cup) from induced pluripotent stem cells, self-organizing into the correct layered structure. An early demonstration that complex organ structures could self-assemble from stem cells — significant for regenerative medicine and our understanding of developmental biology.
Anthony Atala: Printing a Human Kidney
Anthony Atala's TED talk demonstrating a bioprinted kidney scaffold on stage — a landmark moment for regenerative medicine that showed 3D printing of functional human tissue was no longer speculative. Atala's lab at Wake Forest had already implanted lab-grown bladders in patients.