Senior Consultant, Medical Communication, North America, at Tata Consultancy Services
Tissue engineering using scaffolding.....Marvels of Medical engineering.....
Growing an Ear in Your Arm: It's Real! 🦻✨ Tissue engineering is making headlines with its ability to grow ears on arms. Here's how it works: doctors create a mold of an ear and cover it with the patient’s cells. This mold is then placed under the skin, usually on the arm. Over a few months, the cells grow into cartilage, forming a new ear. Once ready, doctors move the ear to its proper place on the body. In China, scientists successfully grew an ear on a patient’s arm. An artist named Stelarc even grew an ear on his forearm as part of an art project. This breakthrough helps people who have lost ears in accidents or were born without them. Let’s connect for more knowledge sharing.
