The organ growers
October 2009
Tissue engineering is being applied to develop patient-specific replacement tissue, with the ultimate goal of fabricating a brand new organ.
Assoc. Prof. Chua Chee Kai, based at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, has progressively moved from mechanical engineering into biomedical engineering and then into tissue engineering.
In an interview with Thomson Reuters, he discusses the inspiration for his team's work on tissue scaffolds, and their potential for organ fabrication.
Intelligent Information for Life interview with Assoc. Prof. Chua Chee Kai
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