Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells

Reuters ^ | Feb 1, 2008 | Sami Torma

[george76]

Scientists in Finland said they had replaced a 65-year-old patient's upper jaw with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen.

the breakthrough opened up new ways to treat severe tissue damage and made the prospect of custom-made living spares parts for humans a step closer to reality.

"There have been a couple of similar-sounding procedures before, but these didn't use the patient's own stem cells that were first cultured and expanded in laboratory and differentiated into bone tissue,"...

the patient was recovering more quickly than he would have if he had received a bone graft from his leg.

"From the outside nobody would be able to tell he has been through such a procedure," ...

She added, the team used no materials from animals -- preventing the risk of transmitting viruses than can be hidden in an animal's DNA...

Stem cells are the body's master cells and they can be found throughout the blood and tissues. Researchers have recently found that fat contains stem cells which can be directed to form a variety of different tissues.

Using a patient's own stem cells provides a tailor-made transplant that the body should not reject.

[neverdem]

Bump & an adult stem cell ping!

[heartwood]

I wonder if these bones can grow at all - there are children with terrible birth defects like Treacher Collins syndrome. FR had an article about a little girl with TCS a while back.

[george76]

One can hope :

” if these bones can grow at all - there are children with terrible birth defects ...”

[SuziQ]

This is outstanding news!!

What I want to know is why none of this kind of work is being done in the US? There's no law against it, as far as I know.

[wastedyears]

More proof we don’t need embryonic stem cells.

[george76]

Exactly :

More proof we don’t need embryonic stem cells.

[RichInOC]

I was thinking they should have tried getting the cells from his pelvis, so he could have had an assbone of a jaw.

[george76]

News that we can use :

“Adult stem cells are the future for hair cloning that will give everyone Elvis hair.”

[Uri’el-2012]

So Hillary and the Democrats are wrong about murdering babies.

[G8 Diplomat]

This is some good news. Proof that embryonic stem cells aren’t needed, and that adult stem cells actually work. Eat THIS, libloon culture of death.

[george76]

So Hillary and the Democrats are wrong about murdering babies...again.

[george76]

Good news :

Proof that embryonic stem cells aren’t needed

[Marine_Uncle]

I believe your right. Sadly so many that profess to be so kind, so gentle so how should I say socialistic, are down right killers of human life.
But let there be no mistake. They fully understand the federal government can only handle so many how should I say waddling ladies trailing long trains of little ones behind them when they go shopping for new high heals etc..

[Dr. Scarpetta]

From the outside nobody would be able to tell he has been through such a procedure," she said.

Amazing...