Author: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Narrator: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Publisher: Forum Network Abridged Edition Running Time: 48 Min.

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Tissue Engineering The Challenges of Imitating Nature by Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic

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Creating Organs

The promising future of Tissue Engineering is laid out in this downloadble lecture released by WGBH in Boston. Every year many deaths occur due to a scarcity of organ donors. Biologist Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic explains that science is now on the cusp of being able to grow organs that are custom fitted to patients, thereby eradicating the need and dangers inherent in transplantation. Novakovic showcases the prior successes and obstacles that remain ahead in this look at the cutting edge of scientific innovation. Check out this lecture on streaming audio or video, or download it on MP3.

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girijad83, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: girijad83 from India

This is another informative podcast by an MIT research professor. Gordana’s research focuses on the functional cardiac and skeletal tissues. She has a highly commendable academic experience, having written over 150 periodic articles and with a book in progress. She teaches chemical, biological, and tissue engineering at MIT and, if I got the slightly unclear introducer right, also at Texas University. She is also a member of 30 scientific panels, has written reviews for the NIH, and also co-directs the only tissue engineering resource of its kind funded by NIH.

Gordana starts out by explaining the need for researching in tissue engineering. She explains that tissue engineering is needed because tissue reconstruction is necessary in cases of congenital abnormalities or severe injuries, transplantation is necessary in case of terminal diseases, and it also helps us understand how the body works, and how drugs and therapies may work. She tells that this field is limited by the shortage of donor organs. She then goes on to give a detailed, step-by-step explanation of how tissues in organs are formed, starting with a single cell structure.

The audio quality of the podcast can be improved a bit more, and that is the sole reason this podcast not getting 5 stars.

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