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Growth of Stem Cells in Artificial Organs. By: Chelcy Branon. What is it?. Stem cell regrowth is a process in which a patient’s stem cells are taken from their body and placed on a scaffold to grow an organ in an InBreath bioreactor.
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Growth of Stem Cells in Artificial Organs By: Chelcy Branon
What is it? • Stem cell regrowth is a process in which a patient’s stem cells are taken from their body and placed on a scaffold to grow an organ in an InBreath bioreactor. • Succesfully transplanted bladders and a trachea, looking to grow heart, kidney, pancreas, etc.
Problems • In the United States there are over 100,000 people waiting for an organ transplant. • Risk of rejection. • Risk of injection.
History • Artificial heart devices were developed in the 1970s. • Stem cell growth for artificial organs has been researched since the 1970s. • In 2006, a team at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Pittsburgh successfully transplanted bladders grown in the lab for children with spina bifida. • First synthetic windpipe was inserted into a patient in 2009. • Dr. Anthony Atala and his research team at Wake Forest University Medical Center made the first lab-grown bladder.
Current State of Art • 30 people have received the bladder transplant with a bladder that is grown in an incubator. Takes about 6 to 8 weeks. • Heart transplants are taking place in rats to successfully grow an artificial heart. • June 2011 a successful trachea transplant was given to patient in Sweden suffering from cancer. • Wake Forest is the world’s largest regenerative medicine research center. Currently trying to grow 22 different types of tissue: heart valves, muscle cells, arteries, and even fingers. Artificial Lung
Current continued… • Dr. Nicholas Kotov and his lab at the University of Michigan have grown artificial bone marrow from stem cells; even antibodies. • May 2012: Removing adult stem cells, breaking them down into fibroblasts and rerouting them to grow into whichever tissue is needed.
Saving Tissue • Bill Weir visited Dr. Tom Nelson at a clinic in Minnesota. • 80% chance he will see his own cardiac tissue beating outside of his body. • Took tissue from bone marrow and rerouted it into growing a heart. • Used to help future injuries.
Neo-Bladder: Tengion: a Biotech company based outside of Philadelphia. Created the Neo-bladder, which has a 5-7 week growth span. It is currently in Phase ll testing. After phase lll, it will become commercially available. • Artificial pancreas: 23.6 million diabetic sufferers. Doctors would restore natural control of blood glucose by giving insulin. InBreath bioreactor
Limitations • All organs are different per person. • Its much harder to grow organs that aren’t hollow such as kidneys, hearts and livers. • Not all organs can be duplicated depending on the condition. • Life expectancy.
Future Direction • Use stem cells to generate a heart. • Making the prosthetics more permanent and to have longer expectancy. • Better preservation when being transported to lengthen the survival of the organ. • Cure for diseases and conditions such as diabetes. • Growing the cells taking days, not weeks. • Printing tissue organs. Inkjet cartridges are replaced with human cell and “smart gel.” Print out layer on top of layer to produce a 3D organ.
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