A top National Institutes of Health researcher predicted that the metallic prosthetic devices currently being used to replace joints in the body destroyed by osteoarthritis and other degenerative diseases will one day be replaced by healthy bone and cartilage tissue.
A "pdf" version of "Cell Biology 2004," the press book for the ASCB Annual Meeting, Dec. 4-8, is now accessible to registered science journalists. Registration is free, carries no obligation to attend, and is thus one heck of a deal.
The first test in humans of a bioartificial kidney offers hope of the device's potential to save the lives of people with acute renal failure, researchers at the University of Michigan Health System report.
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