From stem cells to new organs: Stanford and NYU scientists cross threshold in regenerative medicine
Sunday, March 1, 2009 - 09:15
in Biology & Nature
By now, most people have read stories about how to 'grow your own organs' using stem cells is just a breakthrough away. Despite the hype, this breakthrough has been elusive. A new report published in the March 2009 issue of The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) brings bioengineered organs a step closer, as scientists from Stanford and New York University Langone Medical Centre describe how they were able to use a 'scaffolding' material extracted from the groin area of mice on which stem cells from blood, fat, and bone marrow grew. This advance clears two major hurdles to bioengineered replacement organs, namely a matrix on which stem cells can form a 3-dimensional organ and transplant rejection...