What a beautiful story

[Turanian Trashtalker]

i never really learned why kidneys are the exception to the rule for transplants.

like an abo could be a perfect match for Galt's family. it just doesn't make sense.

[Vutulaki-san]

i know that half white half asians find it notoriously difficult to find compatible matches for bone marrow transplants. there are only a few hundred thousand vs. over one billion ching chongs.

that's because HLAs (human leukocyte antigens) cluster together depending upon ethnicity. HLAs are molecules that adhere to the surface of cells, and the immune system uses it to distinguish body cells from foreign cells (e.g. disease). Every single person has a unique HLA signature, depending on your genetics. Often, siblings within the same family are incompatible.


so if your daughter had leukemia she would be shit out of luck, if technology stays the same. which it probably won't. there aren't very many half-korean, half fijian whatever mixes in the world.



NOW, this isn't the case for kidney and pancreatic transplants.... patients can be compatible with kidneys with very different HLAs. Blood type is by far the most important, followed by cross-matching.

Yeah I doubt that there are any korean /melanesian /dravidian mixes in the world. This may strengthen my case against drugs and alcohol when they are older "no spare parts" or maybe I start impregnating heaps of k beasts?

[Turanian Trashtalker]

nah they'll have found a way to circumvent that by the time your daughter turns thirty

here's one new method:

http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/New- ... 18611.html

[Vutulaki-san]

nah they'll have found a way to circumvent that by the time your daughter turns thirty

here's one new method:

http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/New- ... 18611.html

Hang on a second I thought stem cells needed to be harvested from human embryos or are they just a better source?

[Turanian Trashtalker]

you have stem cells in your own body.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_stem_cell

[Vutulaki-san]

Yeah but FYI at 3 to 5 days of age an embryonic stem is called a blastocyst and has about 150 cells. These are pluripotent (ploo-RIP-uh-tunt) stem cells, meaning they can divide into more stem cells or can become any type of cell in the body.this means they have a much wider range of applications than adult stem cells.

[Winnson]

There is way way way too much money in medicine.

[Turanian Trashtalker]

Yeah but FYI at 3 to 5 days of age an embryonic stem is called a blastocyst and has about 150 cells. These are pluripotent (ploo-RIP-uh-tunt) stem cells, meaning they can divide into more stem cells or can become any type of cell in the body.this means they have a much wider range of applications than adult stem cells.

That differentiation is also highly uncontrollable and we have yet to manipulate it consistently in a laboratory setting. Go Google "teratomas".

Adult stem cells are the future.

[Canuckster]

Thems a lot of big werds for us fo net ick ly challenged postere here on the board.