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Science 8 February 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5557, pp. 1009 - 1014
DOI: 10.1126/science.1069210
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Tissue Engineering--Current Challenges and Expanding Opportunities

Linda G. Griffith,1* Gail Naughton2

Tissue engineering can be used to restore, maintain, or enhance tissues and organs. The potential impact of this field, however, is far broader--in the future, engineered tissues could reduce the need for organ replacement, and could greatly accelerate the development of new drugs that may cure patients, eliminating the need for organ transplants altogether.

1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health, and Biotechnology Process Engineering Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
2 Advanced Tissue Sciences, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 66-466, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. E-mail: griff{at}mit.edu

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