Surgical sutures filled with stem-cells
Biomedical engineering students at Johns Hopkins have shown how to make sutures containing the patient's own adult stem cells to promote quicker healing:Students Embed Stem Cells in Sutures to Enhance Healing (via Medgadget)"Using sutures that carry stems cells to the injury site would not change the way surgeons repair the injury," said Matt Rubashkin, the student team leader, "but we believe the stem cells will significantly speed up and improve the healing process. And because the stem cells will come from the patient, there should be no rejection problems."
Previously:
- Stem cells can "humanize" animal organs - Boing Boing
- Inkjet printing with live stem cells: "bio-inks" - Boing Boing
- Boing Boing: HOW to isolate stem cells from a placenta at home
- Stem cells without embryos - Boing Boing
- Boing Boing: Stem cells cure Type 1 diabetes
- Superman needs stem cells - Boing Boing
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