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May 12 2008, 04:54 AM
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Member [Level 1] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 60 Joined: 11-January 08 From: usa Member No.: 56,086 |
The eye story interested me greatly too, thats why I decided to share it. As you know- Farmers are considered 'Poor' people. if they are poor, but can afford pigs, then this suggests that the treatment would be relatively cheap. The real question though, is it right? If we play god, and kill pigs to save a mans finger, we could wipe out all the pigs in the world. However if we could find a way to keep the pigs bladder alive for a couple of hours after death- then we could wait for natural death to occur, and then freeze the stem cells for use in later days. If we harnessed this power, many illnesses could be fixed quickly, easily, and more to the point, cheaply. people who have lost whole limbs, or need replacement organs (If we found the technology to grow stem cells into organs in test tubes ETC) Could get them easily. Thanks. One thing, Wetton, the pig's bladder. What they are extracting from it is not stem cells but the matrix that makes up the wall of the organ. Like the way they used to use the intestines of an animal for sausages. What is really cool about this is that they are giving the body a matrix on which to regrow the cells instead of forming scar tissue where the slower forming cellular matrix isn't anymore. The science of it shows that the body has the ability to regenerate so long as it has a 'scaffolding' to build it on. And, guess what? they can grow differentiated organ structures in test tubes. I remember there was a breakthrough a few years back where they grew a functioning aorta valve. |
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May 27 2008, 05:09 PM
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I have seen a report on Yahoo about "Pixie Dust" some time ago. It truly has some amazing possibilities... After reading that report I did some searching and I found out scientists are hoping that in future they will be able to grow entire limbs or even organs. I guess sometime in the future we may owe the pig more then our daily food.
PS: This seems to be my 500 post! I salute all other fellow users! This post has been edited by adriantc: May 27 2008, 05:11 PM |
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