人体器官再生技术未来展望与科学探索.pdfVIP

Theabilitytoregenerateorrecreatemissingbodypartssoundsmorelikepartofascience

fictionstorythanreality.

Butresearchersarefindingevidencethatregenerationmaybepossiblesomedayinthefuture

withimprovementsintechnology.Theyimagineusing3D-printingtomakeakidneyforsomeone

inneedofarecement.Theyalsotalkaboutpossiblyusingbioelectricitytocausecellstobuild

newtissueandorgans.

TheseideasandotherswerediscussedearlierthismonthattheWorldScienceFestivalinNew

YorkCity.ThepresentationwascalledForeverYoung:ThePromiseofHumanRegeneration.

Scientiststalkedaboutthefutureofregenerativemedicine,whichcombinesthebodysability

tohealitselfwithprogressinbiomedicalengineering.

DanySpencerAdamsisaresearchprofessoratTuftsUniversityinMassachusetts.Hetold

VOAthatresearchershavefoundthatbioelectricalsignalscanleadtocellularprocessesinfrog

tadpo.Hesaidsuchsignalsmaysomedaystarttheformationofnerves,muscandotherbody

parts.

Thisisthecellsthemselvesusingelectricitytocommunicate,hesaid.

Inanexperiment,afrogre-grewoneofitslegsinsixmonths.Butscientistsfirsthadtomake

changesinthecharacteristicsoftheanimalscells.

Researcherssaytheyhavealotmoreworktodobeforetheprocesscanbeusedonhuman

beings.Theyhavetolearnwhichbioelectricsignalscaninfluencetheformationofwhichorgans.

Adamssaysitstertoregeneratethatorgansothatyoudonthaveissuesoftheimmune

systemattacking,thewaywedonowwithtransnts.Thehopeisthatwellbeabletohelpthe

bodycreateaterrecement--really,aperfectrecement,fortheofexactlywhat

theyvelost.

JonathanButcherisaprofessorandbiome