Griffith Linda G, Naughton Gail
Department of Chemical Engineering, Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health, and Biotechnology Process Engineering Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Science. 2002 Feb 8;295(5557):1009-14. doi: 10.1126/science.1069210.
Tissue engineering can be used to restore, maintain, or enhance tissues and organs. The potential impact of this field, however, is far broader-in the future, engineered tissues could reduce the need for organ replacement, and could greatly accelerate the development of new drugs that may cure patients, eliminating the need for organ transplants altogether.
组织工程可用于修复、维持或增强组织和器官。然而,该领域的潜在影响要广泛得多——在未来,工程组织可能会减少器官置换的需求,并能极大地加速可能治愈患者的新药研发,从而完全消除器官移植的必要性。