Bioengineered Windpipe Implanted Into Toddler
A two-and-a-half-year-old girl is the youngest person to have received a bioengineered organ — a windpipe in this case — that was made from plastic fibers and human cells. The […]
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Common Plastics in Environment Absorb Contaminants
A California study shows that the most commonly produced plastics that are littered in the environment are also the ones that absorb the most chemicals, a finding that poses a […]
Plastic Lumber Tests Stronger Than Wood Lumber
A company in Minnesota may have just developed plastic lumber that, for the first time, has surpassed wood lumber in strength and perhaps durability. A plastic substitute equal to the […]
Plastic Scaffold Used in Successful Artificial Trachea Implant
Plastic scaffolds have formed the foundation for new tracheas that were successfully transplanted into patients who lost theirs following car accidents. Nanofiber Solutions of Columbus, OH, designed and built the […]