What Materials Are Being Researched in Constructing Cell-Based Replacement Organs

question 36

Multiple Choice

What materials are being researched in constructing cell-based replacement organs? (Select all correct choices)

• A)plastic 3-D scaffolds
• B)tissue cells from the patient requiring the organ replacement
• C)collagen fibrils
• D)electronics
• E)blood cells from the patient requiring the organ replacement

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Definitions:

Sexual Reassignment

A medical and psychological process involving surgeries and therapies that change a person's physical sex to match their gender identity.

Transsexual

A term referring to an individual whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth, and who may seek to transition or live as the gender with which they identify.

Estrogen

A primary female sex hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sexual characteristics.

Transsexuals

Individuals who have a gender identity that is different from the sex assigned to them at birth and who may seek to live as the gender with which they identify, often through medical intervention.