Iran to Build Human Spare Parts

[Aramagedon]

Iran, Tehran, June 1, IRNA - Researchers at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences are making attempts to build human spare parts for transplantation.

Hossein Niknejad, the head of New Technologies Faculty at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, said the faculty is currently focused on building spare parts through tissue engineering in an attempt to build human spare parts such as kidneys, heart, blood vessels, liver and skin, Tehran-based English newspaper, Iran Daily, reported.

“Currently, 26,000 patients in Iran annually join the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Each year, the number has a 12-percent increase which makes the number of kidney donations very insufficient for meeting the country's need for organ transplant,” he said.

Niknejad also said one of the difficulties in kidney transplant was its rejection from the host body after a few years. He added that building spare parts through tissue engineering was a way to resolve this problem.

“Iran is currently researching and conducting experiments in this area. The Faculty of New Technologies is working on a project to build an organ from the recipient’s cells,” he said.

“Currently, the scaffolds for the spare parts are undergoing the production phase and we have made good progress in turning stem cells into kidney cells.”

 

[Aramagedon]

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[scythian500]

Iran, Tehran, June 1, IRNA - Researchers at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences are making attempts to build human spare parts for transplantation.

Hossein Niknejad, the head of New Technologies Faculty at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, said the faculty is currently focused on building spare parts through tissue engineering in an attempt to build human spare parts such as kidneys, heart, blood vessels, liver and skin, Tehran-based English newspaper, Iran Daily, reported.

“Currently, 26,000 patients in Iran annually join the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Each year, the number has a 12-percent increase which makes the number of kidney donations very insufficient for meeting the country's need for organ transplant,” he said.

Niknejad also said one of the difficulties in kidney transplant was its rejection from the host body after a few years. He added that building spare parts through tissue engineering was a way to resolve this problem.

“Iran is currently researching and conducting experiments in this area. The Faculty of New Technologies is working on a project to build an organ from the recipient’s cells,” he said.

“Currently, the scaffolds for the spare parts are undergoing the production phase and we have made good progress in turning stem cells into kidney cells.”

No wonder... Iran is a leading nation in some of the future-making technology and sciences.... Iran has invested over $2.5 billion on Stem-cells research between 2008-13 only and it continue to rise...

Iran at forefront of stem cell research - Washington Times

Iranian leadership realized soon enough to correct our past mistakes and instead of trying to catch up with existing technologies, reaching out to futuristic 21th century science and tech... this way next time Iran won't be among followers of leading advanced nations but act as a big part of it... Biotechnology, Nano technology, Stem-cells, lasers, fusion tech, composite tech are fields that Iran is quite advanced in them... It is not reached over night and Iranian scientists are trying 10 times more than other countries because of their limitations of funds and cruel scientific and technologically sanctions....

 

[black-hawk_101]

Iran needs to work more and more on R&D. Also, they should invest on their own on Ports, Air Ports, Railways and Highways.

 

[haman10]

Actually Iran's been working in these projects for some time .

when it comes to cloning , Iran is actually maybe even more progressive than western countries . these issues are not controversial here . a researcher can do whatever the hell she/he wants to here if her/his project is attractive enough to get funding by government or private sectors

 

[Archdemon]

Stem Cell Research
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[scythian500]

Actually Iran's been working in these projects for some time .

when it comes to cloning , Iran is actually maybe even more progressive than western countries . these issues are not controversial here . a researcher can do whatever the hell she/he wants to here if her/his project is attractive enough to get funding by government or private sectors

exactly, Royan is a leading stem cell research center, and Iran has some of the most liberal laws on stem cell research in the world.

Royan Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia