Artificial Blood Vessels Work

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Stories about the promise of artificial blood vessels often include the phrase "could eventually" or "might someday." This story does not.

Blood vessels have been made from a patient's own skin cells, a first that lowers the odds of a harmful immune reaction that can arise when foreign materials are used. The work was done in patients receiving kidney dialysis, a procedure of removing, filtering and reloading a patient's blood that typically involves implanting a small blood vessel between a vein and an artery.

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