Wednesday, May 11, 2016

PLEASE GO TO THE MURDOCK SURVEY:


Agenda:  May 16, 2016
Activity 5.1.1: Transplantation
Unit Meets/Exceeds Prep


Patient One – Xenotransplantation:
Patient One is a 24-year-old female with Type One Diabetes. She is interested in an islets of Langerhans transplant from a pig. Please do the research using internet resources. Please conduct research on xenotransplantation.

Patient Two – Tissue Engineering:
Patient Two is a 57-year-old male with cirrhosis of the liver. He is interested in receiving a liver transplant grown using tissue engineering.

 Xenotransplantation:
o  Secrets of the Sequence Video Series – Xenografts: Alternative Transplants. Click on the Videos button in the upper right portion of the screen and type in Xenografts into the Keywords search box. http://www.sosq.vcu.edu/videos.aspx
o  CBS Interactive Inc. - Interactive: Organ Transplants http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/transplants/framesource_pig.html
o  Pig Parts For People? – Times article http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1001610,00.html

Tissue Engineering:
o  Secrets of the Sequence Video Series – Tissue Engineering: Building Body Parts. Type Tissue Engineering into the Keywords search box. http://www.sosq.vcu.edu/videos.aspx
o  The Science of Growing Body Parts – Times article http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1679115,00.html
o  Doctors Grow Organs From Patient’s Own Cells – CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/04/03/engineered.organs/index.html
o  Could We Clone Our Organs to be Used in a Transplant – HowStuffWorks.com http://science.howstuffworks.com/genetic-science/cloned-organ-transplant.htm


Extension: 
Investigate other cutting-edge transplants, such as face transplants and artificial skin transplants, found at the following websites.
o  ‘Facing’ the future of transplants – NBC News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3969001&p1=0

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