In a laboratory in the UK, scientists are trying to create human ear, nose, blood vessels and windpipe with stem cells.
Dr. Michelle Griffin, a plastic researcher, holds an artificial ear in the Royal Free Hospital laboratory in London.
Griffin and his colleagues are creating ears, nose, and blood vessels from stem cells in the lab.Their ultimate goal is to create all parts of the human body.
An artificial ear (right) and artificial nose (left) in the laboratory at the Royal Free Hospital.
Professor Alexander Seifalian, a Royal Free Hospital researcher, held up an artificial nose to take pictures.Many patients have received Royal Hospital Free artificial products - including tear ducts, blood vessels, and trachea.
Seifalian hopes he and his colleagues can provide the nose for the world's first artificial nose transplant.
The professor showed the mold reporter to form the esophagus in a machine.