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'Tissue Velcro' Could Patch Damaged Organs
Posted in Medicine on 30th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller
In the not-too-distant future, patients with damaged hearts or livers might receive tissue patches grown in a lab.
Stem cell use during lung transplantation may expand donor pool
Posted in Medicine on 24th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Pairing a donated organ with a potential recipient is a critical task requiring a near-perfect match.
Tissue scaffold technology could help rebuild large organs
Posted in Medicine on 20th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Researchers have developed a new tissue scaffold (support structure) technology that could one day make it possible to engineer large organs.
Virus improves bone marrow transplants, kills some cancer cells
Posted in Science on 7th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Researchers have discovered that a rabbit virus can deliver a one-two punch, killing some kinds of cancer cells while eliminating a complication of bone marrow transplants.
Progress in the quest to preserve organs for transplant
Posted in Medicine on 7th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Cryopreservation is tough; When ice crystals form, they damage cells and tissues, making an organ impossible to transplant.