Mr. Mathieu's Period 2 Class
What is the purpose of this research? Why are these scientists trying to create tissue?
Do you think that this will be used often in the future to help repair hearts? How soon do you think it will be until this method will be used in the medical field?
The purpose of this research is to be able to create tissue to use on damaged human hearts. Scientists are trying to create tissue to repair hearts because after a heart is damaged there is no way to regenerate the damaged tissue. The only treatments that currently exist prevent more damage or try to help the damage. I think it will be used often in the future to help repair hearts because the tissue would work well with the heart it is put on. For example, the electrical signals that are sent through the tissue prepare it to beat, and since it is from the body's stem cells, it will not be rejected. Also, heart tissue developed from stem cells was put into rat hearts and did not cause heart failure. It may be a long time until this method is used because these are just experimental steps. Scientists have not yet tried this in humans and must try it on animals before they can use it on patients.Research: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/research-transforms-skin-stem-cells-healthy-heart-tissue/story?id=16405599
What is the purpose of this research? Why are these scientists trying to create tissue?
ReplyDeleteDo you think that this will be used often in the future to help repair hearts? How soon do you think it will be until this method will be used in the medical field?
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of this research is to be able to create tissue to use on damaged human hearts. Scientists are trying to create tissue to repair hearts because after a heart is damaged there is no way to regenerate the damaged tissue. The only treatments that currently exist prevent more damage or try to help the damage.
ReplyDeleteI think it will be used often in the future to help repair hearts because the tissue would work well with the heart it is put on. For example, the electrical signals that are sent through the tissue prepare it to beat, and since it is from the body's stem cells, it will not be rejected. Also, heart tissue developed from stem cells was put into rat hearts and did not cause heart failure. It may be a long time until this method is used because these are just experimental steps. Scientists have not yet tried this in humans and must try it on animals before they can use it on patients.
Research: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/research-transforms-skin-stem-cells-healthy-heart-tissue/story?id=16405599