If only Dr. Frankenstein had held out a little longer. ;)
Posted on 04/04/2011 7:29:29 AM PDT by topher
Can they grow me some new hair?
Live human heart grown in lab using stem cells in potential transplant breakthrough
“Go Chicken Heart, Go!”
There is more need for lab grown kidneys.
Wow, sounds like they found the silver bullet!
Take a claw from a crab and it grows back. Someday we will figure out how to do the same with a human arm. So many more wonders to discover.
True, but hearts are "easier" (or maybe just "less difficult"). Kidneys don't have the collagen structure needed as the scaffolding for the stem cells. Some other scheme will have to be found.
If only Dr. Frankenstein had held out a little longer. ;)
I read somewhere that they had grown a functional rat lung. Pretty amazing progress.
That’s right - they grew a functional rat lung out of (IIRC) pluripotent rat cells.
Talking of pluripotent rats: that piece of functional rat-lung went on to become the senior Senator for Nevada, so there are still some kinks to be worked out.
Wouldn’t be great if the could grow hams this way?
“Take a claw from a crab and it grows back. Someday we will figure out how to do the same with a human arm.”
I’m not sure if I would want the crab claw, vs. a standard prosthetic. Would be nice to have the option I guess.
The future is here!
http://www.pcworld.com/article/218317/labgrown_meat_is_here_demand_not_so_much.html
The stem cell tribe always come out with stories like this when they pimp for more research money.
Adult Stem Cells are the ones that come from your body that contains your DNA. That is why this would not entail organ rejection -- it would be made with your DNA.
The Embryonic Stem Cell Research entails destroying babies [unborn].
It would be the same principle. Using your own stem cells + cells from the kidney to grow a new kidney.
Must be 100 different uses for them now.
But only used in a few cases it’s more hype than fact.
Build a new pancreas and do away with most diabetes.
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