New York Times - Patching the Body With Fabric From Protein:
"The human body has a remarkable capacity to heal itself. Small cuts and bruises vanish in days. The immune system drives off viruses and harmful bacteria.
But injuries to large organs from trauma or disease are often beyond the body's ability to repair. For these tasks, surgeons have turned to synthetics like Gore-Tex and Dacron to patch the damage. But those materials are less than ideal, experts say."
Via KurzweilAI.net
