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Building Organs
Not a question...just some info...saw this on the 17th on MSN and some of the other media outlets:
On June 17th a story ran carried on AP and most media coverage that covered a story about Dr. Anthony Atala
of Wake Forest North Carolina was in a photo showing him holding a prototype of a kidney.
Growing lungs and other organs for transplant is still in the future, but scientists are working toward that goal.
A 3-D printer builds prototype kidneys. In several labs, scientists study how to build on the internal scaffolding
of hearts, lungs, livers of people and pigs to make custom-made implants.
There's a really long web address....I found it just by searching "growing organs in lab in north Carolina".
Then of course there is the usual reiterate... should this really be done...isn't against this and that...you know
those people are sitting on a transplant list waiting.
On June 17th a story ran carried on AP and most media coverage that covered a story about Dr. Anthony Atala
of Wake Forest North Carolina was in a photo showing him holding a prototype of a kidney.
Growing lungs and other organs for transplant is still in the future, but scientists are working toward that goal.
A 3-D printer builds prototype kidneys. In several labs, scientists study how to build on the internal scaffolding
of hearts, lungs, livers of people and pigs to make custom-made implants.
There's a really long web address....I found it just by searching "growing organs in lab in north Carolina".
Then of course there is the usual reiterate... should this really be done...isn't against this and that...you know
those people are sitting on a transplant list waiting.
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I just read a few articles about the liver and regeneration. They say its unknown how the liver can grow back to normal size after removing 75 percent. This is the only organ in the body that does this.
This is interesting, thank you for sharing!
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Heart, I think you could have either a live donor liver transplant or a cadaver liver transplant, but many centers, perhaps yours, do not do live donor transplants. I think you may have misunderstood something regarding the reason why you can't have a live donor liver transplant. In your post above you said you were told that "your liver was too far gone and it would be too dangerous". So far as I know, having your liver be too far gone would not prevent you from having a live donor liver transplant. It is more likely that your center simply does not do live donor liver transplants. However, "it would be too dangerous" probably refers to the risks involved for the live donor. I believe that the primary reason that many transplant centers choose not to do live donor liver transplants is the risk to the live donor, at least that is what a transplant hepatologist at the University of Washington Medical Center explained to me.
Can-do, I think Heart is using the word "partial" to explain that OH's daughter donated part of her live liver to OH, so OH received part of her daughter's liver. I suspect that her liver transplant center does not do live donor liver transplants, and that's likely why a live donor transplant is not an option for her (don't know for sure, but that's what I am speculating). As Heart said above, she has decompensated Cirrhosis/ESLD, so remember that with her symptoms at that stage, it may be difficult at times to process, understand, remember, and express some details of a lot of information. Patience, grasshopper!
I will check around and see which centers in the US do live donor liver transplants just to clarify this question. In the meantime, Heart, you are doing everything right for your specific situation. For you, it's hurry up and wait!
Now both of you chillax (please)!
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