river-wear
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I was just organizing what seems like 100 bookmarks relating to AVR, heart surgery, ACT, etc. and ran across this older link my husband sent me a couple of years ago.
The article says they had experimentally grown replacement valves from stem cells and that the technology could be ready in 5-8 years (from 2007).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-479481/Heart-patients-valves-grown-cells.html
And a short video on the same thing - it's dated 5/09 but is at least two years old:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9VX_pMiQUQ
I can't find anything more recent on how this is progressing. Has anyone else heard of this?
Michele
The article says they had experimentally grown replacement valves from stem cells and that the technology could be ready in 5-8 years (from 2007).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-479481/Heart-patients-valves-grown-cells.html
And a short video on the same thing - it's dated 5/09 but is at least two years old:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9VX_pMiQUQ
I can't find anything more recent on how this is progressing. Has anyone else heard of this?
Michele