Damage or loss of a tissue or organ is common, costly, and tragic. Advances in mechanical
artificial organs and organ transplantation have improved the treatment of organ failure, and
advances in molecular immunology, tissue engineering, and stem cell biology offer the
promise of even better therapeutic modalities for treating organ failure in the future.
Enhancement of immune tolerance of transplanted tissues, improved understanding of
cellular differentiation and tissue development, and advances in biomaterials may enable …