April 03, 2006
Experimental Cultured Organs Function Well in Patients For Years
And they were grown without using stem cells.
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From the Washington Post:
Researchers said yesterday that they have grown complete urinary bladders in a laboratory and transplanted them into patients, improving their health and achieving a Holy Grail of medicine: the first cultivation of working replacements for failing solid organs in people.I recall reading about the tiny, bio-degradable "scaffolds" used for early forming of the organs in Scientific American some time ago - read the Post story for details of the "neo-bladders'" construction. This is a triumph of engineering, as well as medical research.The "neo-bladders," each one grown in a small laboratory container from a pinch of a patient's own cells, have been working in seven young patients for an average of almost four years, according to a report released yesterday by the British journal the Lancet. The organs have remained free of the many complications that bedevil the conventional practice of surgically constructing bladders from other tissues.
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Cultured Organs!
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Born: December 1770
Birthplace: Bonn, Germany
Died: 26 March 1827 (cirrhosis of the liver, plus dropsy)
heh, I can relate, aesthetic hope for the hammered!
Posted by: Rubin at April 04, 2006 07:00 AM (ILp/n)
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Go science. Heart lungs liver next I'll be all set.
Posted by: Howie at April 04, 2006 07:37 AM (D3+20)
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