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Post by sheldon on Mar 15, 2011 17:24:25 GMT -5
EP, Thanks for this information about Dr. Atala's work. Will there be a meaningful application of this technology to PE anytime soon? ie. 5-10 years? Probably doubtful. The reason why I mention this is because it reminds me of the work by Dr. Mac Hadley on tanning via synthetic MSH (melanin stimulating hormone). He studied lizards in the mid-eighties and he was able to make synthetic MSH and there was promise in volunteers in the early 1990's and he sold his findings/licensed his work to an Australian company, Clinuvel, and while all of clinical trials of SCENESSE® (afamelanotide) showed it to work, it is STILL NOT AVAILABLE! When I first read about Dr. Hadley's work in 1990, I thought the product would be available within 5-7 years, but now this stuff will not be available probably until 2015-2020 or longer. That is why I am not hopeful for Dr. Atala's work for PE. Probably it will work, but won't be available until 2020-2030 or longer.
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Post by G Tiger on Apr 1, 2011 0:03:34 GMT -5
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Post by G Tiger on Apr 1, 2011 0:09:28 GMT -5
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Post by G Tiger on Apr 1, 2011 0:18:27 GMT -5
Laboratory-Grown Urethras Implanted in Patients"WINSTON-SALEM, NC – March 7, 2011 – Researchers at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues reported today on a new advance in tissue engineering. The team is the first in the world to use patients’ own cells to build tailor-made urinary tubes and successfully replace damaged tissue."Read more... www.wakehealth.edu/News-Releases/2011/Laboratory-Grown_Urethras_Implanted_in_Patients,_Scientists_Report.htm
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Post by sparticus on Apr 1, 2011 1:36:58 GMT -5
This procedure sounds very similar to how Dr. Perovic was initially doing the PGLA scaffolds. However, with Perovic's (now Miro's) procedure there is now a discrepancy between the "results" he obtained on patients in his study (all patients 2 cm+) and reality (most less than .5 cm).
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