Doctors grow vein with girl's own stem cells
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="For">For</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="successfully">successfully</span> <span word="transplanted">transplanted</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vein">vein</span> <span word="grown">grown</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="patient">patient</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="stem">stem</span> <span word="cells">cells</span>, <span word="another">another</span> <span word="example">example</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="producing">producing</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lab">lab</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="case">case</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="patient">patient</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> 10-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sweden">Sweden</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="suffering">suffering</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="vein">vein</span> <span word="blockage">blockage</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="liver">liver</span>. <span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="March">March</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="girl">girl</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="vessel">vessel</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bypass">bypass</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="blocked">blocked</span> <span word="vein">vein</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="considering">considering</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="liver">liver</span> <span word="transplant">transplant</span>.</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="a">a</span> 9-<span word="centimeter">centimeter</span> <span word="section">section</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="vein">vein</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="deceased">deceased</span> <span word="donor">donor</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="stripped">stripped</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="cells">cells</span>, <span word="leaving">leaving</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hollow">hollow</span> <span word="tube">tube</span>. <span word="Using">Using</span> <span word="stem">stem</span> <span word="cells">cells</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="girl">girl</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="bone">bone</span> <span word="marrow">marrow</span>, <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cells">cells</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cover">cover</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vein">vein</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="process">process</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="vessel">vessel</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="transplanted">transplanted</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="patient">patient</span>.</p><p><span word="Because">Because</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="cells">cells</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="immune">immune</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="attacking">attacking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="vein">vein</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="transplants">transplants</span> <span word="involving">involving</span> <span word="donor">donor</span> <span word="tissue">tissue</span>.</p><p>"<span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="tissue">tissue</span> <span word="engineering">engineering</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="tailor">tailor</span>-<span word="made">made</span> <span word="organs">organs</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="patients">patients</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Suchitra">Suchitra</span> <span word="Sumitran">Sumitran</span>-<span word="Holgersson">Holgersson</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Gothenburg">Gothenburg</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="study">study</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="authors">authors</span>.</p><p><span word="She">She</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="colleagues">colleagues</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="journal">journal</span> <span word="Lancet">Lancet</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="paid">paid</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Swedish">Swedish</span> <span word="government">government</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="preliminary">preliminary</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vein">vein</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="transplanted">transplanted</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="replaced">replaced</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="lab">lab</span>-<span word="grown">grown</span> <span word="vein">vein</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="noticed">noticed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="flow">flow</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="dropped">dropped</span>.</p>
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