University of Vermont College of Medicine

World's first biolimb grown in lab

A rat's forelimb has been grown in the lab from living cells. It may go down in history as the first step to creating real, biologically functional limbs for amputees.

June 4, 2015
June 4, 2015

World's first biolimb grown in lab

A rat's forelimb has been grown in the lab from living cells. It may go down in history as the first step to creating real, biologically functional limbs for amputees.

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