WIRED SCIENCE | Body Builders | PBS
Written by admin on July 21, 2010
Dr. Anthony Atala of Wake Forest University is building organs in his lab. Last year he publicized his success of growing bladders -- the first actual living human organs created in a lab and grown unattached to a human being.
Correspondent Tamara Krinsky visits with Atala and learns how he "cooks" and grows these organs. We also visit the McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine where we learn about the future of regenerative medicine and the challenges that lie ahead. To see the full segment, visit http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/video after original broadcast. Tune in to WIRED SCIENCE on your local PBS station (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wiredscience
Duration : 0:3:5
Tags: chris, hardwick, kcet, Medicine, organs, pbs, regenerative, science, wired
Posted in body building | 25 Comments »
Posted in body building | 25 Comments »
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
wow i can see them …
wow i can see them adding these to robots
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Commandersprocket …
Commandersprocket ftw
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
interesting…
interesting…
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
So there were no …
So there were no rainbows or rain before Noah? Rainbows are a phenomenon of physics of light and a sign that the bible is not true. So the bible is factually unreliable. So what else in the bible is unreliable? The Flood. Talking serpents. Virgin births. The gospels are inconsistent with each other.
So then the question becomes what if anything is reliable in the bible and why should anyone believe any of it? Thank you so much for your inspiring video
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
this is quite …
this is quite amazing.the newly constructed organs look so clean too.
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Very interesting …
Very interesting and awesome. Thank God for technology.
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
agreed. well said
agreed. well said
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
I am a nurse who …
I am a nurse who happens to be a God fearing Christian. This technology is simply awesome!
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
I have heard of an …
I have heard of an MRI before? yes.. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. But that’s a diagnostic tool as opposed to regenerative medicine (which some Christians have been opposed to when it involves stem cells before).
Nemesisnick’s comment was made from a valid perspective, that (some) Christians hold an antiscience viewpoint (pro intel-design, anti (embryonic) stem cell, discarding modern climate theory and cosmology). N’s viewpoint (Christians are antiscience) isn’t without foundation.
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
a christian …
a christian invented the MRI douche bag. Heard of an MRI before?
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
well, we weren’t ” …
well, we weren’t “given” them, we adapted and got lucky, but even still, we are just “adapting and getting lucky” when we come up with things like this. only the delusional religious people get in the way, they are in this completely alternate universe in their head when it comes to science because… well, they’re delusional
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
yeahhhh christian …
yeahhhh christian prolly gonna said:
“only god is allowed to create those”
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
holy crap, the 5th …
holy crap, the 5th element
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
There is nothing …
There is nothing morally objectionable in using one’s own living cells to construct replacement parts. It requires an absolute ignorance of the issues to even compare this to fetal stem cell research, which requires the creation and obliteration of a human life. No one objects to adult stem cell research, which has proven effective.
The printer idea is fantastically ingenious!
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Watch out for …
Watch out for christians
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
wow what an …
wow what an acomplishment
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
cool, science has …
cool, science has certainly come along way.
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Plus this may never …
Plus this may never happen because then you’ll get the same problem we have with stem cell research and cloning. People will be against it because “its not normal”…which I think is bs. If we weren’t meant to do such things then why were we given the knowledge to learn such things?
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
neurology is light …
neurology is light years away from any of that being possible.
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Very interesting. …
Very interesting. Another thing that’s worth pointing out is that the brain can simply repair itself like most of our bodies. Do a search for “can the brain repair itself” and you’ll find that there’s plenty of study showing that it does in fact repair itself.
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
I thought about the …
I thought about the brain also.one idea may be to replace a slice of brain at a time over years. maybe that tiny piece of brain fuction lost by the old piece of brain can be restored by the new piece.but i’m sure that we will be able to sink brains just like we sink music between a pc and an ipod very soon.
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Haha, spot on.
Haha, spot on.
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
As Steven Pinker …
As Steven Pinker said, “When it comes to brain transplantation you want to be the donor not a recipient.”
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Unfortunately, you …
Unfortunately, you cannot replace a brain because it would be like being born again and having to start over.
The reason it’s not public is because the media and the drug industry do not want people to know about this because it affects their billions of dollars in revenue.
July 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
LMAO!
LMAO!