FlattopMaker t1_jcoq1kv wrote on March 18, 2023 at 11:55 AM

Reply to comment by UniversityofBath in Hello Reddit, I’m Nazia Mehrban, a Lecturer in Biotechnology at University of Bath. I design and build materials that are implanted into patients to repair or replace damaged tissues. by UniversityofBath

has your team come across instances where the organism is learning from or adapting to the engineered/implanted materials to create a novel healing mechanism or an improved healing rate due to artificial intervention?

UniversityofBath OP t1_jd3nt6v wrote on March 21, 2023 at 4:37 PM

Yes! We give the tissues the initial fabric of instruction but once the right cells are attracted to the space they take over and start growing in a space that they didn't occupy previously.