11.   It was not until last year that a group to formulate testing and materials standards for tissue engineering was created.

12.   It was Jay, still the leader, who first became involved with tissue engineering.

13.   Known as Dermagraft, the material is just the latest innovation in tissue engineering, one of the most promising areas of biotechnology.

14.   Medical Editor Geoffrey Cowley looks at the burgeoning field of tissue engineering, which will soon be available to replace defective skin, bone and cartilage in humans.

15.   Robert Langer receives an award for his pioneering work in tissue engineering and drug delivery.

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

17.   That kind of tissue engineering has already produced skin grafts for burn victims and diabetics.

18.   The ability to cultivate a skin replacement opens a new chapter in the emerging field of tissue engineering.

19.   The field is known as tissue engineering.

20.   The success is one of several in the new field of tissue engineering, the growing of spare parts for the human body.