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Artificial organs have been a dream of doctors for decades and are now just beginning to become a fact. Simply they are implantable and fully functional human organs that did not require a human organ donor, or human organs that have been synthetically grown from cultured human cells.
The usual method being done now uses a computer 3D printer to construct a biocompatible plastic structural framework in the shape of the desired organ, then introduce the desired cultured human cells. The cells grow inside pores in the framework and usually seem to develop the normal functions they would have in a natural organ.
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Why do people need artificial organs?
People need artificial organs if one of their organs function is not working.
What artificial organs of the human body is not invented?
Ligaments
What is the difference between organ transplant and artificial organs?
An organ transplant is when organs are taken out of human organ donors and placed into another human, but artificial organs are either grown in science labs from stem cells or electronic organs that are usually made of plastic or metal.
What has the author K N Matsumura written?
K. N. Matsumura has written: 'After fifteen years : artificial liver & artificial pancreas' -- subject(s): Artificial liver, Artificial organs, Diseases, Islands of Langerhans, Liver, Pancreas
Do artificial limbs and organs have any harmful effects?
For artificial limbs, there is often irritation or damage to soft tissue where the limb attaches to the existing bones and muscles. Cushioning and a proper fit reduce this problem. For artificial organs, tissue adjacent to the implants must be isolated from the devices by Teflon, plastics, or other non-degradable coatings, as otherwise the body will attack and corrode them. For transplanted organs, this is not possible, so anti-rejection drugs are administered to prevent the immune system from treating the organs as foreign bodies.
What has the author Ronald Goodfield written?
Ronald Goodfield has written: 'A nurse's guide to artificial ventilation' -- subject(s): Artificial respiration, Diseases, Nursing, Nursing texts, Respirators, Respiratory organs
Which type of engineer helps develop surgical instruments such as lasers and may develop artificial organs and limbs?
biomedical engineer
Which type of engineer helps develops surgical instruments such as lasers and may develop artificial organs and limbs?
biomedical engineer
Which medical professional is responsible for the creation of such things as medical instruments and tools prosthetic devices and artificial organs?
Biomedical Engineering and its subdiciplines
What is a general scheme for a genetic engineering?
Study of genetic engineering is to make artificial organs as well in bionics.
What is artificial filtration of the blood called?
Dialysisdialysis is a machine filtering the body's blood when the organs responsible for natural filtration (kidneys, liver) can not.
What has the author Steven A Edwards written?
Steven A. Edwards has written: 'The Nanotech Pioneers' -- subject(s): OverDrive, Nonfiction, Science, Technology 'Cell therapy and tissue engineering' -- subject(s): Artificial organs, Cellular therapy, Economic aspects of Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc, Market surveys, Prosthesis industry, Tissue banks, Tissue engineering, Transplantation of organs, tissues
