{"id":36947,"date":"2011-07-10T15:47:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T15:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/stem-cells-and-synthetic-scaffolds-save-man-from-tracheal-cancer-science-not-fiction\/"},"modified":"2011-07-10T15:47:45","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T15:47:45","slug":"stem-cells-and-synthetic-scaffolds-save-man-from-tracheal-cancer-science-not-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/stem-cells-and-synthetic-scaffolds-save-man-from-tracheal-cancer-science-not-fiction.php","title":{"rendered":"Stem Cells and Synthetic Scaffolds Save Man from Tracheal Cancer | Science Not Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A patient with tracheal cancer was given a new trachea grown entirely in a lab from his own stem cells using a synthetic scaffold. The cancer has been diagnosed as terminal, but thanks to the surgery, the man is likely to be discharged in a few days. As Gautam Naik at the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702304793504576432093996469056.html?mod=dist_smartbrief\">reports<\/a>:<\/p><blockquote><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s yet another demonstration that what was once considered hype [in the field of tissue engineering] is becoming a life-changing moment for patients,&rdquo; said Alan Russell, director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Pittsburgh, who wasn&rsquo;t involved in the latest operation. . .<\/p><p>With the patient on the surgery table, Dr. [Paolo] Macchiarini and colleagues then added chemicals to the stem cells, persuading them to differentiate into tissue&mdash;such as bony cells&mdash;that make up the windpipe.<\/p><p>About 48 hours after the transplant, imaging and other studies showed appropriate cells in the process of populating the artificial windpipe, which had begun to function like a natural one. There was no rejection by the patient&rsquo;s immune system, because the cells used to seed the artificial windpipe came from the patient&rsquo;s own body.<\/p><p>Dr. Russell of the McGowan Institute sounded a note of caution about using this technique to ...<\/p><p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/y0BeouJaj_UMHIhG76GCOcRlKK0\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/960a8_di\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><br><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/y0BeouJaj_UMHIhG76GCOcRlKK0\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/960a8_di\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/960a8_XQkTax__kZE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p><\/blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/960a8_fiRdxOPtUS8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A patient with tracheal cancer was given a new trachea grown entirely in a lab from his own stem cells using a synthetic scaffold. 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