tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post8734033081764538462..comments2024-01-25T17:58:34.297-05:00Comments on Scott's Web Log: Another Progress Report on Islet TransplantationScott Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-85041390621665241832008-02-24T17:09:00.000-05:002008-02-24T17:09:00.000-05:00Just found your blog and like it a lot. About LCT....Just found your blog and like it a lot. About LCT... I have understood that they do NOT plant the cells in the liver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16774010.post-1467142351314535302008-01-09T09:33:00.000-05:002008-01-09T09:33:00.000-05:00Scott--Thanks for the update. I have been followin...Scott--<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the update. I have been following the work of Dr. Hammerman (at Washington University Medical School in St. Louis). The politics within the U.S. have not allowed his important discoveries to move forward. Embryonic porcine tissue, which has not been genetically encoded, is used as the cellular material which produces insulin. Early stage embryonic material has allowed him to complete transplantation into other diabetic animals without using any anti-rejection drugs. I think this work must be important since the JDRF chose to place the results on their website when they hadn't asked for permission from the author, even though he had earlier applied to them for research funding (and was denied).<BR/><BR/>As you are well aware, embryonic experimentation and transplantation of animal embryonic tissue into human beings is outlawed by our government at the present time. Guess we can hope for progress from outside the U.S. since our scientists are currently shackled.<BR/><BR/>--BrentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com