Alex Seifalian's lab at University College London helps people who lose body parts to repair themselves by growing new ones. Seifalian calls his lab "the human body parts store." Researchers create new parts with synthetic materials and a patient's stem cells. In this photo, we see a nose mold made of nanocomposite material seeded with cells in a cell solution.
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An ear mold made of nanocomposite material.
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A mold and prototype of a nose. The nostrils will be created later.
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Seifalian leads University College London's Department of Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine.
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A lab-grown trachea, or windpipe, inside a bioreactor.
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Researcher Claire Crowley holds up a glass mold of a patient's nose, which is used to create a new nose.
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A nose mold.
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A heart valve made of nanocomposite material.
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Nose molds.
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Crowley works on a lab-grown windpipe inside a bioreactor.
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Nose and ear molds made of nanocomposite material seeded with cells in a cell solution.
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A glass mold of an ear.
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An ear mold in a cell solution.
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Stent made from a nickel titanium scaffold, which will be inserted in a child's artery. The special material is accepted by the body and will expand as the child grows.
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Nose and ear molds.
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An artery is tested using a simulated heard and blood flow.
