Pier Paolo Parnigotto with Mariateresa Conconi
After a trachea transplant that was not rejected, performed in Barcelona by Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, soon other organs and biotech tissues will be reconstructed in the lab thanks to a technique developed by the University of Padova. Bones, livers, the esophagus, pancreases, and muscles will be next, in research that will possibly take place in the Veneto. According to Pierpaolo Parnigotto, 61 year old professor of anatomy, who together with Maria Teresa Conconi carried out tissue engineering research for 15 years in the development of biotech organ grafts that will not be rejected in the recipient: “Our technique consists of removing an organ from a cadaver, and removing residual cells and DNA, leaving only a framework that resembles a white sponge.
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