[HSF] First bioartificial heart may signal end of organ shortage

[Tea Acuff]

I don't doubt you, but it is not the current fascination. Dr. Matheny who has worked with the matrix as a patch for a decade tells stories where where he has been asked to stop in the middle of his presentation because it did not fit with current bias.

tea


----- Original Message ----
From: Prasanna Simha M <prasannasimha at gmail.com>
To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:01:30 PM
Subject: Re: [HSF] First bioartificial heart may signal end of organ shortage

Tea , it is not retrograde thinking. This was attempted for years and matrix
seeding has been repeatedly attempted historically. We just seem to be
getting better at it.I think it was Medawar who actually though about it
first.(I am a bit fuzzy about that)
Prasanna

On Jan 14, 2008 5:25 AM, Tea Acuff <tacuff at swbell.net> wrote:

> I thought the HSF might find this interesting. This pictures are certainly
> cool. This matrix is the same concept of the Cormatrix patch that I have
> mentioned to replace tissue (perhaps at SVR).
>
> This technique highlights another backward way of thinking. We shouldn't
> take new or stem cells to the old heart, we should attract the body's own
> cells to the matrix (in this case ex vivo)
>
> It also illustrates one of the things that I think should be different
> about how we go about thinking. We will not get our best ideas, or perhaps
> even evidence from our stolid journals that the risk adverse read, but by
> finding ideas from every where (they seldom fall from the sky or on top of
> the mountain) and "rethinking" them in our space for our concerns.
>
> http://vezoa.notlong.com
> Password: bjn-kdkf
>
>
> tea
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