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Dr. Atala and Team Implant Laboratory-Grown Urethras into Patients

March 7, 2011 | Kathryn Mobley

In Winston-Salem, medical researchers are using patients' cells to create a new urinary tube. WFDD's Kathryn Mobley reports the team says this is the first time in the world this medical treatment has been done.

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