Barbee, 54, discovered that she had an appreciable loss of cartilage and she could not put up with the loss of mobility and pain any longer. She decided to have a stem cell injection instead of surgery. Adult stem cells were harvested from her bone marrow and injected into the degenerated area. Orthopedic physician Dr. Ron Hansen joins “The Doctors” to discuss the procedure and show the results of Barbee’s stem cell injections.
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Tuesday, July 9th, 2013Early Liver Creation from Human Stem Cells
Saturday, July 6th, 2013Scientists of the Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine have been responsible for mixing a cocktail of induced stem cells made from adult tissue in an attempt to grow buds of human liver.
Demand for organ transplant outpaces the number of donors, with more than 118,000 Americans waiting for a life-saving transplant, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. An average of 18 people die each day waiting for an organ transplant. Stem cells, which can grow into any other type of cell, have long held the promise of bridging this gap.
“The study holds out real promise for a viable alternative approach to human organ transplants,” said Matthew Smalley, a senior lecturer at Cardiff University’s European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute who wasn’t involved in the study.
Elizabeth Lopatto, a reporter from Bloomberg said “the buds did not function as human livers but nonetheless demonstrated what may be considered the first few steps to creating new organs for transplants”.
The entire study underwent rigorous testing where liver cells were mixed with other types of human cells, including those from umbilical cords.
Reference: http://www.bloomberg.com