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MU Scientists Successfully Transplant, Grow Stem Cells in Pigs

By Guest PostSeptember 13, 2014Healthanne zimmer, blogarena, diesel steuerpolitik, dieselautos, energy solutions, eu steuervorteile, grow, human diseases, immunodeficiency, ottmar edenhofer, pigs, r michael roberts, stem cell therapies, stem cells, tests, transplant, treatments, university of missouri

New line of pigs do not reject transplants, will allow for future research on stem cell therapies

COLUMBIA, Mo. – One of the biggest challenges for medical researchers studying the effectiveness of stem cell therapies is that transplants or grafts of cells are often rejected by the hosts. This rejection can render experiments useless, making research into potentially life-saving treatments a long and difficult process. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have shown that a new line of genetically modified pigs will host transplanted cells without the risk of rejection. (more…)

Growing Market for Human Organs Exploits Poor

By Guest PostMarch 13, 2012General, Health, Mediaanthropologist, Bangladesh, bangladeshi newspaper, black market, body parts, corneas, dhaka, Europe, exploitation, health problems, human kidney, human organ trafficking, India, kidneys, livers, mehedi hasan, michigan state university, middle east, monir moniruzzaman, organ broker, organ trade, organ trafficking, poor people, rickshaw puller, transplant, united states, us congress, us senate committee, victims

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University anthropologist who spent more than a year infiltrating the black market for human kidneys has published the first in-depth study describing the often horrific experiences of poor people who were victims of organ trafficking.

Monir Moniruzzaman interviewed 33 kidney sellers in his native Bangladesh and found they typically didn’t get the money they were promised and were plagued with serious health problems that prevented them from working, shame and depression. (more…)

Stem Cell Transplants in Mice Produce Lifelong Enhancement of Muscle Mass

By Guest PostNovember 13, 20102 commentsScienceaging, bradley olwin, cell transplant, chronic, degenerative muscle diseases, green fluorescent protein, leg muscles, mice, muscle function, muscle stem cells, myofibers, satellite cells, stem cells, transplant, ultraviolet light, university of colorado at boulder

A University of Colorado at Boulder-led study shows that specific types of stem cells transplanted into the leg muscles of mice prevented the loss of muscle function and mass that normally occurs with aging, a finding with potential uses in treating humans with chronic, degenerative muscle diseases.

The experiments showed that when young host mice with limb muscle injuries were injected with muscle stem cells from young donor mice, the cells not only repaired the injury within days, they caused the treated muscle to double in mass and sustain itself through the lifetime of the transplanted mice. “This was a very exciting and unexpected result,” said Professor Bradley Olwin of CU-Boulder’s molecular, cellular and developmental biology department, the study’s corresponding author. (more…)

Did Steve Job’s money buy him a faster liver transplant? – is this a question??

By ShamsJune 24, 2009Technologyapple, california, liver, organ, Steve Jobs, tennessee, transplant

Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs will soon be back at office after months long break. Steve Jobs was suffering from liver problems.

We prayed and pray for the complete recovery of tech industries one of the ‘most-beloved and admired’ man.

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MU Scientists Successfully Transplant, Grow Stem Cells in Pigs

Growing Market for Human Organs Exploits Poor

Stem Cell Transplants in Mice Produce Lifelong Enhancement of Muscle Mass

Did Steve Job’s money buy him a faster liver transplant? – is this a question??