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ANOTHER FIRST: PROF TAKEBE IN JAPAN. "Previously, scientists have made solid organs using stem cells that are seeded onto some kind of scaffold ... Pluripotent stem cells ... were induced to become liver endoderm ... mixed with mesenchymal stem cells, which produce connective tissue, and a population of stem cells derived from human umbilical cord blood that grow into the tissue that lines blood vessels." http://lnkd.in/bXqY4bv View in LinkedIn

AFTER A DETOUR into cloned meat in the context of food scandals, we now return to cloned stem cells, and their use in test tube organ generation, a truly disruptive technology with immense human impact. Now that the issue of embryonic origin is behind us, adult-derived stem cell organs are the start of personalized medicine. View in LinkedIn

CULTURED LUNGS FROM STEM CELLS. "Under a clear dome inside a bustling Tucson laboratory, whitish-gray human lungs attached to a ventilator rhythmically expand and contract. The goal is to “grow” patients’ own stem cells on a skeleton of a discarded donor organ that’s been cleaned of the donor’s living cells, and then to transplant it into the patient." http://lnkd.in/br2SWEK View in LinkedIn

THE CLONED MEAT ISSUE may be an exemplar of related food issues, including GMOs: more about provenance transparency and individual choices than actual safety; more about heavy-handed paternalism masquerading for financial control of large markets. In the context of food scandals and industrialized food, a hugely negative public reaction was inevitable. View in LinkedIn

LIVER STEM CELL ORGANS ON HORIZON. "We were able to massively expand the liver cells and subsequently convert them to hepatocytes at a modest percentage. Going forward, we will enlist other growth factors and conditions to improve that percentage. Liver stem cell therapy for chronic liver disease in humans is coming." http://lnkd.in/bWSjann View in LinkedIn

LIVER AND BRAIN ORGANOIDS. "Liver buds and brain organoids are among this year's life-saving advances in growing spare human parts. This year they succeeded in generating mini-livers, or liver buds, from stem cells that were taken from human skin and reprogrammed to an embryonic state." (Takanori Takebe, Yokohama City University, Japan). http://lnkd.in/bQypYNq View in LinkedIn

RECONDITIONED ORGANS. “Suppose you have a 20-year-old patient who is hit by a car. Their chest is crushed. You can’t use the heart ... The heart cells have died. But you could save that heart by “decellularizing” it. I never say no to any of the poor quality human organs offered to me for research. Nothing should get wasted.” http://lnkd.in/br2SWEK View in LinkedIn

URINAL STEM CELLS FOR TOOTH BUDS. "Working with cells passed from the body in urine, researchers created stem cells that could potentially form rudimentary teeth and implanted them into the kidneys of mice. After three weeks, the urine stem cells grew into tooth-like structures that contained dental pulp, dentin, enamel space and enamel organ." http://lnkd.in/b-3DP55 View in LinkedIn

FIRST TOOTH STEM CELL BANKING. "Provia Labs' mission is to set the standard in dental stem cell banking by providing the most scientifically-rigorous service and the best experience for our clients and dentist partners." http://www.store-a-tooth.com/?lmc_track=8778675753&gclid=CMC474ytpL4CFcRafgodPScAKQ View in LinkedIn

STEM CELL DERIVED TEETH. "Now that stem cells have been found in the dental pulp chamber, British and U.S. researchers say the same thing could apply to teeth within ten years ... 'The aim is you go along to your dentist, we take cells from you and engineer them. We replace them into the site you need the tooth and, hey presto, the tooth would grow." http://lnkd.in/bD2hEiT View in LinkedIn