Friday, 15 June 2012
Researchers at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Göteborg have
managed to implant a blood vessel made from a patient’s own stem cells
in a ten year old, sick girl. One year after surgery she now is doing
pretty fine making the researchers to hope that this could be a method
to assist patients who need bypass surgery.
The process involves approach, in making the vein perform better
took three to four weeks, according to Michael Olausson, a professor at
the Transplantation Center at the hospital. The vein for the girl was
obtained from a donation from a deceased person, reports radio Sweden. “Then we have
removed all cells and all the genetic material, and after that we have
brought stem cells from the patient who will receive the blood vessel
and then grow this vessel out again,” says Michael Olausson, Professor
and Director of the Transplant Center at the Sahlgrenska University
Hospital in Gothenburg to radio Sweden.
At the moment, Michael Olausson and his team believe that the approach
could be of great help to many people with plug formation in their
blood vessels and that they need to undergo a so-called "bypass
surgery".
Asked how important is it that the patient's own stem cells are
included in the vein? Michael Olausson replied that it has to do with
the immune system recognizing the tissue as its own and thus will not
reject it. For him and the patient, it's a big advantage. All the
medications that are normally given to avoid the body rejecting the new
cell is very powerful and can cause side effects, so it is desirable to
avoid them.
He adds that this new method is also very important so that “we’ll be
able to solve problem around such things as hearts or kidneys in the
future. The next big step for us is probably a work around to get
arteries to function well. This opens the door and then maybe, be able
to produce whole organs,” says Michael Olausson.
By Scancomark.se Team
Swedish finance minister, Anders Borg lowers Swedish growth forecast
Friday, 17 February 2012
The Swedish government is likely going to revise down its GDP forecast for this year to a growth of around 0.5 percent.
This is the view of the Swedish Finance Minister, Anders Borg when
he’ll talked to reporters on Friday. This will challenges the
government budget in which the government’s GDP forecast has been
determined to be 1.3 percent for 2012.
“We’ll probably revise down growth, but it is based on an accumulated
optimistism, “he said, pointing out that there are signs that pessimism
is beginning to break into Europe.
He said that Sweden has strong fundamentals and the government expects that growth “takes a little more speed” in 2013.
He did not give any detailed comments on the scope for reform for next
year, but pointed out that it is still too early to tell. He pointed
out that there are already some pretty big steps to be taken in the
budget, which includes more focus on efforts to research and
development and infrastructure.
By Scancomark.se Team
