In a report to the World Congress of Plastic Surgery, Morrison described the Australian breakthrough that came by inserting a special ‘chamber’ into the body that is specially designed to allow the growth of new blood vessels. “The research has found that the blood vessels within the chamber encourage tissues to grow,” Dr. Morrison said. “These tissues then begin to target, or recruit, stem cells in our body to develop in this chamber.”
Organs grown in the body have much less chance of being rejected by the immune system.
The technology could potentially eliminate the need to transplant organs from one person to another, he said, adding, “This development could see some types of organ transplants become obsolete.”
In other related gynecological news, a virus has been discovered that triggers some forms of breast cancer, raising hopes of a possible vaccine. Also, a gene has been discovered that triggers premature ovarian failure and menopause of a quarter-million American women annually.