"In six weeks we have enough cells to cover a football field," Atala says.

“六周内，繁殖的细胞就足以覆盖一个足球场，”阿塔拉说。

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Dr Tony Atala, from Wake Forest University, North Carolina, is pioneering this breakthrough.

来自北卡罗来纳州威克森林大学的汤尼亚泰拉博士，引领这项突破性进展。

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"We are a generation of young chefs who are not competing with each other, but who want to share," Atala, 48, said.

“我们年轻一代厨师不会彼此竞争，而是希望分享，”48岁的阿塔拉说。

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Doctor Anthony Atala is Director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

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Doctor Atala described the process in a talk recorded by the arts and technology group TED.

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"It's like baking a layer cake, but doing it one layer at a time, " said Atala.

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Dr. Anthony Atala at Wake Forest University generated bladders and a urethra using scaffolds and patients' stem cells.

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Atala and colleagues reported similar success in seven spina bifida patients to replace their dysfunctional bladders in 2006.

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