Over the past ten years’ medical advancements have escalated with stem cell research, therapies helping individuals with diseases and improving their overall health. Are you relying on a dialysis machine, ventilator, respirator, a left ventricular assist device, or waiting for a life-saving organ such as a liver? You may have been contemplating or waiting for an organ transplant, but you are unaware of all your options. Adult stem cell therapy should be an accepted ethical choice, it offers more possibilities for customizing organ replacement, leads to healthier long-term outcomes with fewer side-effects, than with the use of anti-rejection drugs for therapy in organ transplant recipients.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Procurement and Transplantation Network keeps a current record and as of December 8, 2016, there are 119,634 people who will need an organ transplant and 99,175 (Organ.data) of those people will need a kidney and there have been 27,605 organ transplants performed with 13,066 donors(Organ.gov). Generous donors are checking off the YES, “I will be a donor,” box on their driver's license, but if the donor dies in a way that their organs cannot be accepted, the organ is diseased or may not be the perfect physiological match for those waiting for a transplant, the organ is discarded. Despite the increased awareness of organ donation and transplantation, the gap between supply and demand continues to widen, what is to be done with the organ shortages and waste? Professor John M. Ritz, Old Dominion University, in Norfolk, Virginia, wrote an academic publication titled, Magic from Human Regenerative Technologies-Stem Cells, in which he states, “It is very difficult to obtain organs of others to transplant and difficult to find those with close enough genetic makeup to transplant. Today much research is being undertaken to grow new organs using the recipient’s own stem cells. Manufactured scaffolds (structures) are being computer designed that will match the size of the organ needed. The patient’s stem cells are grafted onto the scaffold and grow either in a laboratory environment or on the human’s exterior. When they are mature enough, they are transplanted into the human.” Professor Ritz further states, “This may soon be an answer to organ transplant surgery.” (p.6) Optimism, in lieu of organ shortages and waste, comes from the Arizona Daily Star, an online newspaper, “Under a clear dome inside a bustling Tucson
Stem cells were linked exclusively to embryo origin …show more content…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Procurement and Transplantation Network keeps a current record and as of December 8, 2016, there are 119,634 people who will need an organ transplant and 99,175 (Organ.data) of those people will need a kidney and there have been 27,605 organ transplants performed with 13,066 donors(Organ.gov). Generous donors are checking off the YES, “I will be a donor,” box on their driver's license, but if the donor dies in a way that their organs cannot be accepted, the organ is diseased or may not be the perfect physiological match for those waiting for a transplant, the organ is discarded. Despite the increased awareness of organ donation and transplantation, the gap between supply and demand continues to widen, what is to be done with the organ shortages and waste? Professor John M. Ritz, Old Dominion University, in Norfolk, Virginia, wrote an academic publication titled, Magic from Human Regenerative Technologies-Stem Cells, in which he states, “It is very difficult to obtain organs of others to transplant and difficult to find those with close enough genetic makeup to transplant. Today much research is being undertaken to grow new organs using the recipient’s own stem cells. Manufactured scaffolds (structures) are being computer designed that will match the size of the organ needed. The patient’s stem cells are grafted onto the scaffold and grow either in a laboratory environment or on the human’s exterior. When they are mature enough, they are transplanted into the human.” Professor Ritz further states, “This may soon be an answer to organ transplant surgery.” (p.6) Optimism, in lieu of organ shortages and waste, comes from the Arizona Daily Star, an online newspaper, “Under a clear dome inside a bustling Tucson