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Lab-grown Urethras Successfully Grafted in Humans

  A new chapter in  human history begins with the first lab-engineered organs of the human body that were created and successfully implanted, giving a new lease of life to five young Mexican boys between the ages of 10 and 14, who had damaged urinary tracts, suffered as  a result of accidents. Two of the five boys had repairs to the urethra, which involved procedures like grafting skin from other areas of the body or harvesting tissue from the lining on the patient’s cheek. These were... 

Urinary Incontinence

There is a part of the population (more than two million women) that suffers from urinary incontinence (involuntary loss of urine) and usually produce a person who suffers a series of psychiatric and social as well as organic. It affects their quality of life, people who reduce their social life and worry can be an obstacle in daily activities. There are several types of incontinence: emergency, efforts and neurogenic incontinence. This has not been a priority in health in Spain and change in society... 
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