Gap Fill - Body Repairs - Level 4

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Medical science is coming true. A "breakthrough" has successfully repaired and organs in mice. Researchers developed a device that is full of nanochips. The device is put on the and starts repairing organs and healing . The nanochips "reprogramme" damaged cells to restore them to a functioning . A researcher said the can, "convert skin cells into of any organ with one touch".

The technology is called tissue nano-transfection (TNT). Doctors do not have to cut the . The device is put over a area of the body. It injects DNA into the skin. This changes the cells into building , which repair tissue, such as skin, , and organs like the or the brain. It could replace reconstructive . It could also repair organs. Testing will begin on humans year.

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