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GolfandPoker t1_iwffa25 wrote

Reply to comment by blanchasaur in We have seen successful transplants of various organs, hands, even faces -- so why not transplants of legs or feet to lower-limb amputees? Why are these not a thing? by Pandeism

You seem like you know a thing or two about this.

What if it were from an identical twin?

Do you know how far away we are from growing organs with stem cells?

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blanchasaur t1_iwhp84l wrote

An identical twins organs should not be rejected but then then twin would be without their organs. With a leg the nerves and blood vessels won't have grown the same way so it would still be an incredibly complex procedure.

There is still a lot of research to be done with stem cell organs. Not sure why the other guy said it was prohibited. It's one of those things that is always a few years away so who knows.

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Orthopaedics21 t1_iwg0bhz wrote

It's quite rare to have a situation where an identical twin is available as a donor, and even if it's available, we don't compromise the life of a donor to benefit the recipient.

Growing organs from stem cells is strictly prohibited in the majority of countries to avoid misuse of technology, maybe research is going on but no way to know it's status unless govt allows to publish data.

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GolfandPoker t1_iwg84ug wrote

Hmmm, what about for a liver or kidney? People donate those all the time without dying.

What’s the point of stem cell research if not for organ replacement? That seems like the #1 reason to be researching them in the first place.

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Otherwise-Way-1176 t1_iwko42c wrote

“Growing organs from stem cells is strictly prohibited in the majority of countries to avoid misuse of technology”

No it isn’t. Where did you get this idea?

When I tried to find info about this, what I found are a number of sites that are quite excited that we might one day be able to grow organs to help people. That’s a pretty far cry from being banned.

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Orthopaedics21 t1_iwp0x8v wrote

Oh I was under the wrong impression. I looked for it It looks like promising area for researchers.

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