NIH funds local teams for daring research
Organ shortage, new drugs at issue
Boston researchers are about to begin a bold experiment that, if it works, could help solve the organ shortage and provide other replacement parts for worn-out humans: They will try to grow heart valves, and parts of a pancreas and a tooth, from scratch in the lab. (Full article: 1184 words)
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