Medical History, Stem Cells Used In Windpipe Transplant
November 19th, 2008 | by admin |
Washington (ChatterShmatter)- This week the procedure used to save Claudia Castillo’s windpipe is being published after doctors successfully replaced her infected windpipe with one containing her own stem cells.
Claudia Castillo, 30, was suffering from tuberculosis and was at risk of loosing a lung once her windpipe became infected and almost collapsed.
Doctors attempted a procedure never before done where they took a trachea and removed all of the stem cells from it, then replaced those cells with cells from the woman. This process ensured that the body would not reject the new trachea since it contained the same stem cells.
Doctors reported that the surgery done on Claudia was a success and she was able to leave the hospital just 10 days after the sugery was completed.
The surgery proved to be very successful and begins to show the large benefits of what using stems cells can do. It also goes a long way to encouraging further research into what else can be done with stem cells in the future.
One Response to “Medical History, Stem Cells Used In Windpipe Transplant”
By S. Gupta on Nov 19, 2008 | Reply
It is becoming clearer than ever that we are not destined to live with the genetic inheritance of our parents and ancestors. First it was announced by Dr. Sinclair at Harvard that transmax resveratrol, a commercial extract of a red wine molecule by biotivia was able to switch on the SirT1 anti-aging gene and prevent the normal diseases of aging. Then scientists reported that a drug called Aircar that had been around for decades is capable or making sedentary mice into olympic contenders by modifying their muscles and increasing their endurance. Soon after that Harvard announced a way to create customized stem cells to treat specific diseases or grow new organs.