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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.'"
NPR had the story this morning, can't find a link to anything but I believe critics said the results didn't show definite improvement in the patients.
So you gain no edge, but you don't end up behind the game. Dolly is a bad
analogy because you're creating a baby with this "40 year old" bladder.
Furthermore, it's not cellular age (most cells are quite short-lived) but
rather chromosomal age.
Were that I say, pancakes?
who married a girl smarter than me?
/. if you're going to mock her :o)
My wife was a math major and all-around genius (prefect grades on every assignment in every class), and has been a teacher and librarian. She keeps our financial books in order (thank goodness) and has excellent insight into big financial decisions; when we've followed her preferred course of action, we've always done well, I'm batting about 80%. She's not a gadget freak like me, but she definitely knows more about Word and Excel than I do. The computer is more of a tool than a hobby in her case, but she is very on top of the tools that she does use.
For those on Slashdot who aren't married, my advice is to find a woman who is at least as smart as you are. If you can find a girl who has more knowledge than you in particular areas (like my wife with math) you'll be doing well. It's cool to have a relationship where your areas of interest overlap, but it's really cool when your different expertise allows you to learn from each other.
And make sure she never reads
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From TFA:
"The researchers, from North Carolina's Wake Forest University, have carried out seven transplants, and in some the organ is working well years later."
It appears that "some" of the patients bodies have accepted the organ and seem to be doing well years after the transplant. Of course, some could be two, and the other five could have turned inside out.
I have one of the "older" artificial bladders made from intestine. Mine was installed in 1988 when I was 13. This would have made my life SOOO much easier than what I deal with now. GO SCIENCE