Difference between revisions of "2008"
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+ | * [[January 10]] - [[NASA]]'s ''Spitzer Space Telescope'' detects massive [[black hole]]s in anomalously small [[galaxy|galaxies]]. | ||
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+ | * [[January 13]] - University of Minnesota researchers create a functioning [[heart]] in the laboratory by using whole organ decellularization. | ||
− | + | * [[February 04|February 4 ]] - Researchers demonstrate "microneedles," which can be used to efficiently transfer medicines into the bloodstream without the use of conventional syringes. (A precursor to the [[hypospray]].) | |
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− | * ''' | + | * '''June''' ''(exact date unknown)'' - Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini carries out [[human]]ity's first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant, successfully replacing a woman's damaged windpipe with a new windpipe made with the patient's own stem cells. |
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+ | | <center>[[2007]] || <center>[[2008]] || <center>[[2009]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:32, 22 December 2022
Events
- January 10 - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope detects massive black holes in anomalously small galaxies.
- January 13 - University of Minnesota researchers create a functioning heart in the laboratory by using whole organ decellularization.
- February 4 - Researchers demonstrate "microneedles," which can be used to efficiently transfer medicines into the bloodstream without the use of conventional syringes. (A precursor to the hypospray.)
- June (exact date unknown) - Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini carries out humanity's first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant, successfully replacing a woman's damaged windpipe with a new windpipe made with the patient's own stem cells.
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