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Published online 6 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030602-15
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Human arteries grown from scratch
Lab-reared vessels may provide stockpile for bypass surgery.
Human arteries have been grown from scratch in the lab1. The technique could produce spare blood vessels for bypass surgery, researchers hope.
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