Posted on 01/18/2019 7:01:21 AM PST by BenLurkin
In a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, researchers from the University of British Columbia detail how they were able to coax stem cells into growing into human blood vessel "organoids," the term used for three-dimensional, lab-grown cellular systems that mimic the characteristics of organs or tissues.
They then placed the lab-grown blood vessels in a petri dish designed to mimic a "diabetic environment."
They found that the basement membrane thickened in a way that was "strikingly similar" to the thickening seen in patients with diabetes, according to researcher Reiner Wimmer.
The researchers then went on the hunt for a chemical compound that could prevent this thickening in their lab-grown blood vessels and found one: an inhibitor of the enzyme γ-secretase.
The team's study suggests that inhibiting γ-secretase in patients could be a helpful diabetes treatment, but according to researcher Josef Penninger, there are potential uses for lab-grown blood vessels far beyond diabetes research.
"Being able to build human blood vessels as organoids from stem cells is a game changer," Penninger said in a press release. "Every single organ in our body is linked with the circulatory system."
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...
I’m on to these ‘scientists.’
They all want to be the first to make a replica Kelly Le Brock in their lab; they’re not foolin’ me! ;)
That’s nothing!
I’ve been doing it all my life!....................
Wow. Faster, please.
“Human” does not equal “perfect”. What could possibly go wrong!
Instead of repairing diabetes damage while allowing it to progress why wouldn’t you simply cure diabetes? It’s just a change in diet.
so instead of stents and bypasses they will be able to do transplant replacements....likely grown from ones own cells.
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