In addition, MIT professor Robert S. Langer is using polymers to advance many areas of medicine. He mentioned that polymer scaffolds could be used to aid the growth of skin in burn victims.
Besides growing skin, polymers can also help replace cartilage in certain parts of the body.
According to Jagmeet P. Singh, a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, invasive surgery will become a rare form of treatment in the future because of genetic-based preventative medicine and improved non-invasive techniques.
Bach, an expert on the possibility of transplanting animal tissues into humans, spoke of the progress made in engineering pigs as potential donors of organs to humans.
An Uncommon Conference
Conference organizers said there was no "trick" to attracting such speakers--they say many may have accepted because of the novelty of addressing an undergraduate-led and attended conference.
Campbell said he also accepted on the conference's merits.
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