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Lab-Grown Bladder Transplanted
JaJ_D writes "The BBC is reporting a story about the successful transplant of a lab grown bladder into a patient. From the article: 'US scientists have successfully implanted bladders grown in the lab from patients' own cells into people with bladder disease ... They took a bladder biopsy from each patient and isolated muscle cells and special bladder cells called urothelial cells, which they grew in the lab. The cells were then placed onto a specially designed bladder-shaped scaffold and left to grow for seven to eight weeks.'"
"...the true test will now be seeing if the patient rejects the new organ..."
The article states that they are using the patient's own cells. IANAD but it would seem that the rejection rate would be about nil.
My step-father is right now in the hospital recovering from surgery to re-construct his bladder after having it removed because of cancer. This is a major break-through that will hopefully help millions of people.
only one problem with that statement: you only have one liver. it does slowly grow back if you cut part of it off, that's why people can donate "a liver". it's only a portion (usually about half) of a liver.
You mean they don't already? The last company I worked for actually employed a pee break nazi and demanded up to 7 20 hour shifts. The wording in the employment agreement was really specific, if you take ownership of an issue you don't leave your desk until its solved. This meant lunch, dinner, etc - and pee / smoke breaks. If you didn't pick up the phone when the Nazi called to check the status, for any reason - you got written up. Didn't matter where you were. Their theory "Don't drink anything when working on issues"
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I left before they started handing out cortical implants.
Reminds me of school days
Teacher "TIM, where are you going?!"
Tim : "To the bathroom
Teacher "You need to raise your hand to go to the bathroom"
Tim : "No ya don't