1.Disease: heart, kidney, liver 2.Trauma3.Environment: x-rays, 2nd hand smoke4. Aging 5.Congenital Defects: cleft palate, heart

WHAT HARMS HUMAN TISSUES?

1.Drug therapy2.Surgery3.Transplants

HOW DO HUMANS REPLACE INJURED TISSUES?

“Every 30 seconds, a patient dies from a disease that could be treated with tissue replacement."This shocking observation, presented by Dr. Anthony Atala, Wake Forest School of Medicine, N.C., emphasizes the need for regenerative technology.

PTEI- Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative

WIRED SCIENCE | Body Builders

Growing Body Parts - 60 Minutes

Re-gen Revolution

1997- University of Pittsburgh organized first meeting to discuss human tissue regeneration/leaders in the WORLD! Scientists from all over world attended/still occurs yearly Main goal: repair damaged tissues, not replace entire organ, but today working on generating new organs

Scientists Are Inspired by Sea Squirts' Ability to Regenerate Body Parts - Video Dailymotion

organdonor.gov | Organ Donation Videos

One Love PSA - YouTube

TRANSPLANTABLE TISSUES/ORGANS