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Originally Posted by Ice fyre  I wonder if were going to be seeing wireheads next! |
Not unless the price of electricity falls
Here is that news report:
Heart tissue grown from stem cells Quote:
from Irish Health
Heart tissue grown from stem cells
[Posted: Mon 02/04/2007]
Human heart tissue has been grown from stem cells for the first time.
Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub and his team have grown part of a heart from the cells which are the 'raw material' of all parts of the body.
Dr Macoub, who has performed more heart transplants than any surgeon in the world, said the advance means a whole heart created in the laboratory is a possibility.
He told the Guardian newspaper that heart components for surgery could be ready in three years.
Dr Macoub leads a team based at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex, working with scientists from Imperial College in London. The team includes physicists and pharmacologists as well as heart specialists.
The laboratory creation of a whole heart has become a reality, he told the newspaper. "It is an ambitious project but not impossible. If you want me to guess I'd say 10 years," he said.
Dr Macoub has spent much of the past decade working on this project. A full account will be published in a professional journal in August.
Body parts such as bladders and tendons have already been grown from stem cells, but to make an organ as complex as the heart is much more difficult and delicate.
Stem cell research has been controversial because the most pliable cells are from foetuses. Its status has not been resolved in Britain, where authorities are examining the issue.
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I hadn't seen that before you mentioned it.