1. Growing Blood Vessels
John Rawls

2. Regenerative Medicine
The process of replacing or regenerating human cells, tissues, or organs to restore or establish normal function
Growing tissues and organs in a lab
Implant in body successfully
Could solve the problem of organ transplant rejection and the shortage of organs
Stem Cells

3. Polyethylene Glycol Also called PEG and Carbowax Nontoxic plastic
Scientists modify PEG to mimic the body’s extracellular matrix
Combined with two types of cells required of blood vessel formation
Creates hydrogels filled with living cells and growth factors

4. The Result Cells are tagged with fluorescent markers
Created capillaries and vessels
Successfully implanted in mice
Normal blood flow recorded

5. What is to become?
Current method of creating blood vessels takes too much time
Other ways to create blood vessels and capillaries are being researched
“Two-photon liphography”
Allows more control

6. Refrences