Artificial Human Ear Grown in Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital Study

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US scientists say they have moved a step closer to being able to grow a complete human ear from a patient’s cells. In a new development in tissue engineering, they have grown a human-like ear from animal tissue. The ear has the flexibility of a real ear, say researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

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