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Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells
Reuters ^
| Feb 1, 2008
| Sami Torma
Posted on 02/01/2008 3:27:50 PM PST by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adultstemcell; finland; helsinki; regenerativemedicine; stemcells
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:27:51 PM PST
by
george76
To: neverdem; SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:28:49 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Shhhhhhh! Don’t let anyone hear. We are SOOOO close to farming human life for profit.
/s
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:29:01 PM PST
by
littlehouse36
(Forced charity is an oxymoron)
To: george76
Ha, take that embryonic stem cell proponents.
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:29:44 PM PST
by
Xenophon450
(I guess I'll never know, some things under the sun can never be understood...)
To: Xenophon450
Ha, take that embryonic stem cell proponents.
John McCain must be deeply saddened.
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:30:49 PM PST
by
elizabetty
(John McCain Hates Michael Reagan...........John McCain Hates Me, too. The feeling is mutual.)
To: george76
I’ve had a finger amputated, maybe I can grow a new one.
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:31:50 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: george76
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:32:07 PM PST
by
syriacus
(HUCKIAVELLIAN : (adj.) hypocritical; slick; glib; charming and, yet, sneakily nasty.)
To: Xenophon450
Ha, take that embryonic stem cell proponents. You are exactly right. What's the score now between embryonic and adult stem cell research?
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:33:58 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: Xenophon450
The thing is there is too much money involved to let the truth be told!
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:37:38 PM PST
by
rocksblues
(Polls are just a Liberal way to upset Conservatives!)
To: george76
No embryos were hurt in the making of this medical miracle. And as a Finn, I’m proud it happened there...
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:38:22 PM PST
by
inkling
(exurbanleague.com)
To: Graybeard58
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:42:50 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Graybeard58
Well lets just say it’s going to look like the score this Sunday between the Pats and the Giants...interpret that ANY WAY you want ;-). /threadhijack
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:43:46 PM PST
by
Xenophon450
(I guess I'll never know, some things under the sun can never be understood...)
To: inkling
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:46:10 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: Xenophon450
Not a foot ball fan but I watched my first ever foot ball game last year. My 9 year old grand son was playing and I actually enjoyed it.
His team lost big time but that boys got heart!
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:50:20 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: george76
stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissueI would have guessed from his ass. /obscure
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posted on
02/01/2008 3:55:14 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(What Would Hobson Choose?)
To: Coleus
To: Graybeard58
Minä en ymmärrä suomea.Me either! Let me rephrase... I am a Finnish-American with parents born in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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posted on
02/01/2008 4:05:29 PM PST
by
inkling
(exurbanleague.com)
To: george76
This is something I first saw about three years ago and it has stuck with me ever since.
What you see is a human ear grown on the back of a mouse.
This first showed the promise that some day we would be able to manipulate genes to grow spare body parts within our own
It is an amazing thing to see.
I had always thought you would need to grow a whole body to clone parts, but this and future advances have made it clear that isn't the case at all..
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posted on
02/01/2008 4:11:48 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Wanted: Party, f/t, cons, refs g/b 20yrs, no RINOs, no amnesty sptrs, 1 vote per 4 yrs negotiable)
To: Graybeard58
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posted on
02/01/2008 4:14:02 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Wanted: Party, f/t, cons, refs g/b 20yrs, no RINOs, no amnesty sptrs, 1 vote per 4 yrs negotiable)
To: Graybeard58
True, the superbowl is about the only game I pay attention to anymore. Glad to hear your grandson is healthy and active no less. I am sure his generation will reap the eventual benefits of experiments such as this.
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posted on
02/01/2008 4:15:43 PM PST
by
Xenophon450
(I guess I'll never know, some things under the sun can never be understood...)
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