Saturday, March 16, 2013
Second 20%: Tissue Engineering
My first 20% project was on surgery. While I was researching surgery, I came across an interesting topic: tissue engineering. Tissue engineering is the future of medicine. Doctors and lab scientists have "grown" tissues from a skin sample. The next big thing in medicine is "growing" a kidney or a body part suitable to your body. This is a safer way to get transplants done because your body will surely accept the part as opposed to rejecting someone else's part. When I came across this topic, I was amazed at how advanced our medical professionals and technologies are. That is why I want to do my second 20% project on tissue engineering. I would like to consult some tissue engineers and professors from the Wake Forest School of Medicine's Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Some problems that I could possibly come across are not completely understanding the procedures for tissue engineering and not being able to find enough information. Especially since I want to become a surgeon, tissue engineering truly fascinates me.
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