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Stem Cells Help British Boy Grow New Windpipe
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| Saturday, March 20, 2010
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Posted on 03/20/2010 9:03:25 AM PDT by metmom
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posted on
03/20/2010 9:03:25 AM PDT
by
metmom
To: neverdem; wagglebee; little jeremiah
Another nail in the coffin for embryonic stem cell research.
It’s simply not justifiable.
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posted on
03/20/2010 9:04:19 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: metmom
Fantastic! Let’s use more stem cells but just not embryonic.
To: metmom
And to imagine there are troglodytes out there who are against the use of embryonic stem cells for this kind of groundbreaking research. /s
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posted on
03/20/2010 9:21:55 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: metmom
Cool. How does this happen under the UK’s NHS?
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posted on
03/20/2010 9:27:51 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: metmom
This is amazing. I’m so glad that I saved the cord blood from all of my children. Thanks metmom for posting.
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posted on
03/20/2010 9:28:30 AM PDT
by
AngieGal
To: metmom
Amazing. Does this mean the boy will not have to take immune suppressant drugs for his whole life?
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posted on
03/20/2010 9:51:00 AM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
To: metmom
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posted on
03/20/2010 10:34:19 AM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: little jeremiah
Does this mean the boy will not have to take immune suppressant drugs for his whole life? From the original article in the Times of London:
The use of the childs own stem cells inside his body to build up the donor windpipe ensures that it is not rejected by his immune system. With a normal transplant, the risk of rejection would mean damping down the childs immune system with suppressive drugs.
So, it sounds like those drugs won't be needed here, which is awesome.
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posted on
03/20/2010 10:58:07 AM PDT
by
BlessedBeGod
(New Wizard of Oz: Pelosi as the Wicked Witch of the West & Michelle as the Wicked Witch of the East.)
To: metmom
"...inside his body using
his own stem cells..."
Nice try of BIG Journalism to avoid mentioning this important fact in their title.
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posted on
03/20/2010 11:00:25 AM PDT
by
newfreep
(Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
To: newfreep
Yay! More adult stem cell success stories!
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posted on
03/20/2010 11:05:01 AM PDT
by
BenKenobi
(And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.)
To: Paladin2
How does this happen under the UKs NHS?Nazis made a lot of scientific progress too, at a high human cost.
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posted on
03/20/2010 11:24:09 AM PDT
by
Clock King
(There's no way to fix D.C.)
To: metmom; GonzoII; Coleus; Peach; airborne; Asphalt; Dr. Scarpetta; I'm ALL Right!; StAnDeliver; ...
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posted on
03/20/2010 11:44:05 AM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
03/20/2010 11:46:09 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: little jeremiah
That’s what the article says. If it’s his own cells, then there’s no risk of rejection.
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posted on
03/20/2010 11:47:07 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: neverdem
Help me understand this.
They grew a whole new windpipe, or they regrew his?
Or did they use a partial transplant and augment it with his own stem cells?
No matter what, this is wonderful news!!
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posted on
03/20/2010 11:47:22 AM PDT
by
airborne
("Peace, Love, Dope" has now become "Hope, Change, Obama" !!!)
To: airborne
Or did they use a partial transplant and augment it with his own stem cells? That's what I read it as.
They made some kind of framework, like a structural skeleton, and added his own stem cells which will adhere to and grow on the structure.
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posted on
03/20/2010 11:49:28 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: metmom
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posted on
03/20/2010 12:05:31 PM PDT
by
airborne
("Peace, Love, Dope" has now become "Hope, Change, Obama" !!!)
To: metmom
I wasn’t sure since it sounded as though part of it came from someone else.
This is excellent news. Harmless medicine.
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posted on
03/20/2010 12:11:16 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
To: airborne; metmom
"The replacement trachea - the bony tube that connects the nose, mouth and lungs - was stripped of the donor's cells to leave a scaffold which was then laced with the child's stem cells."
They probably soak the donor trachea in a solution of proteases, enzymes that dissolve proteins, to remove any antigens so as not to provoke an attack with antibodies or other elements of the immune system. The scaffold is probably just decellularized hyaline cartilege, IMHO.
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posted on
03/20/2010 12:47:18 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
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