Living Tissue Implants for Breast Reconstruction

Dr. Luba Perry is the founder and CEO of ReConstruct Bio, where she’s working to develop bioengineered living tissue implants made from a person’s own cells that then integrate with the body as living tissue. The first goal is to develop natural implants for breast reconstruction.

Listen to the episode to hear Dr. Perry explain:

how human tissue can be created in the lab

why she and her colleagues decided to focus on tissue for breast reconstruction

how living tissue implants could address the limitations of the two existing options: implant reconstruction and flap reconstruction

the status of research