11.   Researchers hope stem cell research will lead to ways to grow replacement tissues for use in people with these and other conditions.

12.   Since fetal tissue grows as much as four times faster than adult tissue, it only takes a month to grow enough tissue for use in most surgeries.

13.   Similar techniques might allow future doctors to grow tissue for other parts of the body.

14.   Simply put, tissue engineering is the ability to design and grow human tissues outside the body for later implantation.

15.   The company that licensed the three patents says it is just now preparing for clinical trials using the new technology to grow tissues like muscle.

16.   The company that sponsored the research, the Geron Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif., also plans to use the cells to grow transplantable tissues.

17.   The Geron Corporation, which paid for the research, hopes to grow tissue for transplants and introduce genes internally to remedy inherited disease.

18.   The study was the first to find stem cells in fat and use them to grow different tissues.

19.   The trick worked, and she and Vacanti are now growing liver tissue on intricate models of the organ.

20.   The specialized cells could be used to grow tissues that would be a perfect match for patients as treatments for diseases like diabetes.