The article, The Body Shop is about how Dr. Gail Naughton documented a container called a bioreactor that balances conditions inside of a healthy body. It also puts stress on cells as they grow. Dr. Naughton came to the results that material grown in the reactor have twice as much strength as proteins, elastin, collagen, and things that are grown in a petri dish. The growth of blood vessels is very strong when it is grown in a bioreactor. NASA scientists have learned an important lesson about tissue growth in which it cultivates cells in weightlessness space. Studies have shown that tissues that form sheets like skin or cartilage have better under forces. So, NASA researches have developed their own biorector that keeps the cells that are growing in perpetual free fall. Liver tissues develop more naturally in microgravity, it which it forms spherical clusters of functioning liver cells according to Naughton. Complex organs like the heart, kidney, and liver are complex because it requires a highly vascularized organ that is right down to its capillaries. Naughton said that tissue engineering will change transplant medicine. Naughton and her colleagues at Advanced Tissue are working on a project that will stimulate vessel growth around and in diseased hearts. Hopefully, one day they can treat a disease early on so someone doesn't have to have a new heart. In conclusion, the bioreactor is a great tool that maintains alot of tissues inside of your body.
Here is a link to the article: http://www.pbs.org/saf/1107/features/body.htm
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