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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 06:34:07 +0530 (IST)
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Subject: [Net-Gold] HEALTH: INNOVATIVE WAY TO HARVEST BODY ORGANS
A NEW IIT-D engineers way to harvest organs
Neha Pushkarna, TNN
6 January 2010, 01:52am IST
NEW DELHI: For patients with severely dysfunctional organs, transplant
becomes the last option but finding a compatible donor to replace the
organ is an uphill task. However, such patients won't have to lose sleep
looking for donors and compatibility, if biodegradable scaffolds,
developed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), turn into a
reality.
In collaboration with AIIMS and PGI Chandigarh, the institute has created
scaffolds on which stem cells can be grown into tissues, which then
develop into a full organ. The organ thus developed can be used for
transplantation. At present, these scaffolds — made of biodegradable
polymers — are being used for animal testing in Paris.
Explaining that this marvel of tissue engineering has an edge over the
traditional donor system of organ transplantation, professor Bhuvanesh
Gupta from the bioengineering group, textile department, IITD, said:
"Since a new organ can be developed on the scaffolds using patient's own
cells, there will be no need of finding a donor. There will be no chances
of rejection either like in a normal organ transplant."
The entire news report can be read at
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
IIT-D-engineers-way-to-harvest-organs/articleshow/5414706.cms>
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