Inside the human production department

In a laboratory in the UK, scientists are trying to create human ear, nose, blood vessels and windpipe with stem cells.

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Dr. Michelle Griffin, a plastic researcher, holds an artificial ear in the Royal Free Hospital laboratory in London.

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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.

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An artificial ear (right) and artificial nose (left) in the laboratory at the Royal Free Hospital.

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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.

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Seifalian hopes he and his colleagues can provide the nose for the world's first artificial nose transplant.

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The professor showed the mold reporter to form the esophagus in a machine.

Update 16 December 2018