Why does the body try to reject transplanted organs? How is artificial skingrown? The Why Science Matters series demonstrates how the science we learnat school ... » 

Why does the body try to reject transplanted organs? How is artificial skingrown? The Why Science Matters series demonstrates how the science we learnat school is important in every aspect of our everyday lives. Using casestudies and investigations the series describes the development of science andtechnologies that can improve our lives or lead to new scientific challengesand controversies. In Repairing and Replacing Organs we find out how thebodys organs and systems are organized and discover how science enablesamazing repairs to be made when things go wrong. We learn about wear and tearin the skeletons joints the importance of matching organ donors to patientsefforts to create artificial organs and how stem cell research offer newopportunities for repairing the body. «