• threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    The scientists obtained nasal stem cells and cartilage cells from other patients to create these elements – cells which were discarded during a procedure to treat nasal congestion and from a nasal septum surgery.

    One of the procedure’s major breakthroughs is that the patient did not require any immunosuppressants. And, six months after the operation, the windpipe is not only healing well but new blood vessels are starting to form.

    This seems like a big deal. Would be interesting to know how they managed it.

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      8 months ago

      i wonder how far this could go. New heart, lungs, eyes?

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        7 months ago

        The only issue here is have they got a handle on making complex structures to make a new eye