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:
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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
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CBS Interactive Inc. - Interactive: Organ
Transplants http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/transplants/framesource_pig.html
Tissue Engineering:
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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
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The Science of Growing Body Parts – Times
article http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1679115,00.html
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Doctors Grow Organs From Patient’s Own Cells –
CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/04/03/engineered.organs/index.html
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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.
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‘Facing’ the future of transplants – NBC News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3969001&p1=0
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Artifical Skin Grafts – How Stuff Works http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/information/anatomy/skin-graft5.htm
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