Source: BBC News
Arti-arteries. Nanotechnology (yeah, I don’t know what it means either) is being used to produce artery-like materials from polymers (they’re not just plastic anymore). While no one knows how any of it actually works (sarcasm) the implications are amazing.
Scientists are actually constructing materials to use as bypass grafts which actually mimic human blood vessel pulsations and help to deliver blood and nutrients contained in the bloodstream to the heart and the rest of the body. The vessels are engineered to withstand the high blood pressures maintained by the human body and are resistant to clot and plaque formation.
Need a specific graft to aid circulation? They can make one. Need to boost the rest of the artery the graft maintains? They can add specialized stem cells to coat the lining of the arti-artery.
Outside of specialization, this opens up the option of bypass grafting surgery for those who would be poor candidates due to a lack of suitable arteries within the patient to choose from, like the legs.
~Posted by David Marc Schwadron, Esquire.
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