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" A team of British scientists has pioneered a new method for speeding up the time it takes to grow human tissue.  University College London (UCL) researchers found that the time needed to grow collagen tissue fell from days and weeks to minutes when liquid was removed from cells.  Currently tissue engineering is used for skin grafts or replacing cartilage, heart valves or tendons by taking a patient&amp;#039;s own cells and growing them around a scaffold that provides the correct structure.  However, this process can take weeks and is not always successful.  The team under professor Robert Brown found that removing liquid made cells grow more quickly, while also being stronger.  Professor Brown said: &amp;quot;The process opens a new route for the production of biomaterials and patient-customised tissues and represents a new concept in &amp;#039;engineered&amp;#039; tissues.&amp;quot;  It is hoped that the technique could eventually result in new tissue being grown by the bedside and used straightaway without the need for a laboratory.  The findings of the study were published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials. \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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