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“As with much of regenerative medicine, smaller is easier. A ventricle is easier than a heart; a mouse ventricle, easier still. One of the companies furthest along has set its sights on the smallest organ of all: the human hair follicle. Long before regenerative medicine grows a heart or reverses liver failure, it may well conquer baldness.”

“We owe our scientists a lot. We owe them gratitude, awe, respect. Mostly what they want from us, of course, is a little more funding.”

“Collagen has an appeal for would-be organ builders. It has no live cells, and thus none of the cell surface proteins that prompt the immune system to attack. The body will accept foreign collagen — from cows, pigs, most any mammal — without much fuss.”

My God!!!

This book’s introduction, hypothesis and questions for why blew my mind. 🤯

Roach is brilliant 😍

Now that’s how you open a book !!! 🔥