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In engineering if some part of machine is damaged,its just remove and replace with new one.when can this method be applied to humans completly.
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Not yet!: Stem cell research is closing in on being able to duplicate many of the body's parts and has already shown success in animals and some human parts(trachea) but full scale replacement is still probably 10-20 yrs away
Answered 1/23/2016
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