| abstract |
Articles and methods for growing or analyzing tissues and organs using bioreactors or other devices and components are provided. In some embodiments, a bioreactor is configured to provide a growth chamber having one or more inlets, outlets, sensors, organ attachment sites, and/or organ identifiers. Bioreactors described herein are useful for, amongst other applications, monitoring and varying growth conditions in response to one or more cues, optimizing organ growth and function, providing sterile and reproducible growth environments, tracking organ and tissue sources and matching them with recipients, and or providing organs or tissues suitable for surgical manipulation. |