Grow your own transplants?

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2 total messages Started by lumberjack Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:42

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Author: lumberjack
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:42

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Thought the following news item might be of interest ...

Tissue engineers grow new breasts

Breasts have been induced to grow in pigs, using a new tissue
engineering technique that could soon replace organ transplants in
humans.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s925309.htm

Re: Grow your own transplants?

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Author: John Spevacek
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 12:41

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wfwoodland@yahoo.com.au (lumberjack) wrote in message news:<1e7476e8.0308150142.7f7ed93e@posting.google.com>...
> Thought the following news item might be of interest ...
> 
> Tissue engineers grow new breasts
> 
> Breasts have been induced to grow in pigs, using a new tissue
> engineering technique that could soon replace organ transplants in
> humans.
> 
> http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s925309.htm

This looks as oversold as nanotech.

"Gee, all we have to do now is set this up with an unidentified
biodegradable polymer that can be implanted (that in itself will take
10 years to reach approval if you can find a company with the guts and
money to do that - the more money the company has, the less guts they
have), after we've figured out how to do this with human tissue (which
will take more time), and after we've examined the long term effects
(which will only take a week or two, right?)."

Oh the price of vanity!

John

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