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Finnish Patient Gets New Jaw from His Own Stem Cells

Posted by Soulskill on from the close-the-organ-banks dept.

An anonymous reader writes with news out of Finland, where a patient's upper jaw was replaced with bone cultivated from stem cells and grown inside the patient himself. We discussed other advances in stem cell research a few months ago. Quoting: "In this case they identified and pulled out cells called mesenchymal stem cells -- immature cells than can give rise to bone, muscle or blood vessels. When they had enough cells to work with, they attached them to a scaffold made out of a calcium phosphate biomaterial and then put it inside the patient's abdomen to grow for nine months. The cells turned into a variety of tissues and even produced blood vessels, the researchers said."

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  1. The source article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why not link to the original article, and not some ad infested blog site. ?Cheers.

    1. Re:The source article by Yetihehe · · Score: 0, Troll

      Which link? First is on-topic reuters page, second links to slashdot article. I think you are just a troll.

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  2. Slashdot users rape babies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You are all fucking bastards

  3. Wow, they didn't even kill an unborn baby by Travoltus · · Score: -1, Troll

    to do this.

    I hope they can expand this technology to replace embryonic stem cell harvesting in the future.

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  4. Re:How much did it cost? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, not every country's health care system is out to turn a profit. However, your blanket statement is duly noted.