Vascular surgeon, Jeffrey Lawson, successfully implanted bioengineered blood vessels in human patients.

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The Future of Tissue Engineering
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Over the course of just one month, physician-scientist Jeffrey Lawson, a vascular surgeon and vascular biologist out of Duke University, successfully implanted three bioengineered blood vessels in human patients – a milestone that marks the culmination of a 15-year project and a breakthrough that La…