Tissue types

Vital Signs 🫀 on Instagram: "Human Ears Grown on Apples? The Strangest Tissue Engineering . . Researchers can decellularize plant scaffolds, leaving cellulose frameworks that cells can repopulate to form tissues—apples carved like ears are a memorable demo. Advantages include low cost, porosity, and vascular like channels; challenges are strength, integration, and long term biocompatibility. For patients needing ear reconstruction, practical solutions today include rib cartilage frameworks or p