Chemical engineering research complex biological systems

The day when a truly bionic man or woman can be produced by biomaterials engineers has still not been reached. If researchers have discovered anything at all in their work on artificial skin, blood vessels, bone, and blood, it is that living systems are far more complex and delicate than many scientists had believed, and efforts to replicate them with the best-known biological, chemical, and physical techniques still fall far short of the perfection obtained by nature itself. Still, impressive strides have been made in only a few decades, and one can be optimistic that another few decades from now will see the ready availability of synthetic skin, blood, and bone, along with many other synthetic body parts and materials. 

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