potentially a solution to the limited number of donor organs

解决捐赠器官数量有限这个问题的方法
that are available to treat diseases

因为器官移植是治疗
where transplantation of tissue is the only option.

有些疾病的唯一方法
Many approaches to tissue engineering involve

组织工程实现的途径有很多
regulating your body's natural response.

包括调节你身体的自然反应
We can heal, in many cases, and regenerate.

在很多情况下我们能自我治疗和再生
The liver is a--for example is a fabulously regenerative organ.

例如肝脏是一个能够完美再生的器官
If you go into a laboratory animal, like a rat,

如果你用大鼠这样的动物做实验
if you remove two-thirds of their liver,

切除他肝脏的三分之二
their liver will re-grow within a period of a couple of weeks.

在几周之内这些肝脏会再长出来
The liver has an amazing regenerative capacity.

肝脏的再生能力令人惊讶
There are human diseases

而人类的一些疾病