Doctor Morsi To Grow Human Heart Valves In Australia From Stem Cells
The push to stem cell research continues. It appears that heart valves are definitely on the agenda for stem cell experimentation, according to iWire. A recent report suggests that Australian scientist Yosry Morsi is ready to use tissue engineering to grow valves and tissues.
Morsi says it is likely that the process he is now developing to grow artificial heart valves could likely be tested on animals in one year and used in humans within five years. Dr. Morsi, from Swinburne University, in Melbourne, is working on technology that may one day grow complete organs from just a few cells. Currently, he is working on growing heart valves within his laboratory at Swinburne University’s Industrial Research Institute Swinburne (IRIS).
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Adam Pick is a double, heart valve surgery patient and author of The Patient’s Guide To Heart Valve Surgery, a unique book which integrates the clinical facts of heart valve surgery with the personal experiences of an actual heart valve surgery patient. To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here.
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July 18th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Adam,
Really enjoyed the videos plus the news about growing valves from stem cells. As a retired nurse I think this is a major wave of the future for health care.