Repairing and Replacing Body Parts- What's Next Diane Colefor National Geographic NewsPublished April 15, 2013Advances in medical technology have helped us live longer. Now, researchers are exploring ways to repair, refurbish, or replace human organs that have been damaged by chronic disease, traumatic injury, heart attack, stroke, or just plain aging."Medicine is saving people who previously we weren't able to save," says Dr. Doris A. Taylor, director of regenerative medicine research at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston.Even so, demand for donor organs exceeds the number available. "Each year thousands of people die while waiting for an organ,"...
