Stem Cell CultureVaginal Reconstructive Surgery With Stem Cells
Published: Friday, July 20, 2007 - 16:49
If you think your saggy breasts and flabby tummy sound world, read this and you'll know it could always be worse. MSNBC is reporting that a doctor in Rome, Italy has performed vaginal reconstructive surgery for two women suffering from a rare congenital disorder which essentially leaves them without a functional vagina. Dr. Cinzia Marchese is the first to create vaginal tissue using the patients' own stem cells, and notes that the procedure could help "women with cancer and other vaginal complaints."
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Stem cells can be used for
By Daniel Anderson (not verified) - Friday, September 28, 2007 - 13:10Stem cells can be used for any tissue reconstruction because it has the ability to copy any kind of cell (not sure about brain cells though) the only hindrance is the moral dilemma it brings because stem cells came from the human embryo.