TISSUE ENGINEERING

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Tissue Engineering and Regeneration of the Holy Spirit in Christianity

Regenerative medicine is a clinical field focused on the replacement, repair, and renewal of organs, tissue or cells to restore damaged function (Damiano et al., 2021). Tissue or cell damage could occur due to multiple issues, including trauma, disease, and congenital defects (Damiano et al., 2021). The terms regenerative medicine and tissue engineering are often used interchangeably. However, tissue engineering is a branch of regenerative medicine that focuses on replacing the function of injured and damaged tissue (Kaoud, 2018).

In the video provided, Dr. Anthony Atala explains the process of engineering tissue obtained from heart valves and blood vessels, as well as liver, muscle, skin, ear, and digit tissues. Basically the tissue regeneration process involves creating a scaffold and introducing cells with the right environment of growth factors to allow the tissue to self-assemble and grow. Scaffolds can be obtained from different sources and mostly from donor organs or cells from the same individual. The collagen scaffold are stripped and maintained in proper growth conditions to create a new tissue.

One form of tissue engineering not discussed in the video but interesting nonetheless is that...

At present, no trial has been successfully conducted in the engineering of tracheal tissue in humans, although multiple studies on rodents exist (Kaoud, 2018). Sources attribute the difficulty in creating a neo-trachea to the tracheas anatomical structure, including the physiological, posterior-anterior difference in motion and rigidity, which makes it difficult to obtain donor tissue (Kaoud, 2018).

In rodents and sheep, tracheal tissue engineering has involved harvesting donor cells from various organs to test their effectiveness. Kojima and...

…any physical change, but rather that the tempers of ones minds and ways entirely change and they become purified and cleansed (Level, 2011). Christ is created in their heart and they become a new creature, entitled to partake of Gods divine mercy.

Regeneration was necessary for the sheep to survive. Similarly, regeneration is necessary for human beings the sinful nature of man cannot allow them to stand before Gods presence. In John 3:3, Jesus twice tells Nicodemus that a man has to be born again to inherit Gods kingdom. This implies that regeneration is not optional, but a condition for one to get to heaven. Christians have to undergo spiritual rebirth, which is outwardly represented by the act of accepting and proclaiming Christ and partaking of the sacrament of baptism, which serves as a sign that sin is washed away…