stem cells - new jaw bone grown in man's back

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This is really cool http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/08/27/jaw.transplant.ap/index.html

According to this week's issue of The Lancet medical journal, the German doctors used a mesh cage, a growth chemical and the patient's own bone marrow, containing stem cells, to create a new jaw bone that fit exactly into the gap left by the cancer surgery.
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I don't understand further comments in the article questioning whether or not the stem cells were truly responsible for the growth, but no doubt somebody here can explain.

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But I thought only fetal stem cells were of any use? Oops! Another myth busted.

And that picuture is really unnecessary. Talk about gross.
 
Interesting to note that while we're dithering over the "moral aspects" of creating a tiny clump of cells, the rest of the world is forging ahead big-time.

In Singapore (according to NPR's The World) they have built a huge, state-of-the-art research complex and are working hard to woo researchers from all over the world.
 
Ooooooh , I want horns . I can scare the crap out of the ridiculous, self-righteous, religious morons ...........and as an added bonus I won't have to buy a Halloween costume.
 
Hand Bent Spoon said:
But I thought only fetal stem cells were of any use? Oops! Another myth busted.

And that picuture is really unnecessary. Talk about gross.
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Nah, the picture is just a CT scan, not gross in any way ;-)

There has been some debate whether or not non-embryonic stem cells can be used practically or not. This to some extend shows that it can! Perhaps a little “clumsy” but it works!
 
Anders said:
Nah, the picture is just a CT scan, not gross in any way ;-)

There has been some debate whether or not non-embryonic stem cells can be used practically or not. This to some extend shows that it can! Perhaps a little “clumsy” but it works!
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Actually, if you go to fumento.com, he has several articles about adult and embryonic stem cells. (Warning: he is biased, but he does seem to back up a lot of his stuff with original research.)

His claim is that adult stem cells have been very successful, being used in many currently available therapies, and showing a large amount of promise. On the other hand, embryonic stem cells have not lived up to their hype; research is limited, and in some cases the cells have a tendency to go cancerous.
 
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