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3D Human Cells Grown

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the with-the-glasses-to-prove-it dept.

SR_melb writes writes to tell us that Melbourn researchers have, for the first time, managed to grow three dimensional human cells. This bypasses previous achievements of only being able to create two-dimensional constructions like skin. From the article: "Professor Wayne Morrison, from Melbourne's Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery has led the breakthrough. He says it's a world first and predicts the discovery will ultimately lead to the creation of human organs, including parts of the heart, by using the patients' own stem cells. Such a scenario, says Professor Morrison, would reduce the problem of immune rejection which is often associated with organ transplants."

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  1. Re:Sold! by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Agreed. Nothing like a coupla breast tissues for when you've got the sniffles...

    *insert joke about snorting coke of a hooker's breasts*

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  2. Re:3D cells? by It'sYerMam · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Like, OMG!! You know slashdot's going down the pan when its members say 'lol.' And contract 'a lot.'

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  3. Re:3D cells? by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    bump

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  4. Re:As overheard in the lab. by Lord+Prox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    FTA "Now currently we have been able to make breast tissue, fat, muscle, pancreas tissue that secretes insulin and we have also created thymus tissue, which may have an application in immunology."

    I think I just heard milions of strippers cry out in unison Do you accept credit cards?!?!! In addation to the end of bad boob jobs, there are around 150,000 mastectomies a year that can be rebuild afterward as well.




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