Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Stem Cell Network: New Transplant Method May Eliminate Need for Lifelong Medication

Stem Cell Network: New Transplant Method May Eliminate Need for Lifelong Medication


One day scientists may be able to provide transplant patients a life without anti-rejection drugs with this new stem cell based therapy. 

"Currently, if a patient survives for 10 or 20 years with a new liver, that organ is still seen as foreign inside its new body because immunosuppression puts blinders on the immune system that must stay on to prevent rejection. Our idea was to find a way to turn that organ into something that 'belongs' and is never at risk of rejection."

Imagine the amount of savings in monthly prescriptions this effect could have? Stem cells truly are unlocking doors once thought to be forever shut in the medical community. I am always anxious to see what these "magical stem cells" will be able to do next!!!!

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