Growing tissue grafts on humanoid robots: A future strategy in regenerative medicine?

Sci Robot. 2017 Mar 1;2(4):eaam5666. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.aam5666.

¹ National Institute for Health Research Oxford Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, U.K. pierre-alexis.mouthuy@ndorms.ox.ac.uk.
² National Institute for Health Research Oxford Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, U.K.

Abstract

Humanoid robots may enhance growth of musculoskeletal tissue grafts for tissue transplant applications.