Wayne Hellstrom of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and colleagues, extracted stem cells from fat and placed them onto layers of tissue taken from the lining
of pig intestine.
Not exact matches
A good model system for research is provided by Oesophagostomum dentatum, a roundworm which infects the large
intestines of pigs, slowing the animals» growth and leading to significant economic losses.
He tried it and, sure enough, his test dog was up and waiting for breakfast the day after it received the first
of Badylak's
pig intestine transplants.
So for his next experiment, he used
intestine obtained from one
of the many
pig slaughterhouses dotting the Indiana countryside surrounding Purdue.
Many receive a graft made
of their own tissue, cadaver tissue, or
pig intestines, but the surgery can cause complications, including erectile dysfunction.
A complex chain
of sugar molecules extracted from
pig intestine, heparin binds to antithrombin, heightening the protein's ability to mop up the enzyme thrombin, which normally kick starts coagulation.
From balut (duck embryo), to dinuguan (a stew
of mixed innards cooked in
pigs blood), to grilled skewers
of chicken
intestines and chicken feet - there are a lot
of options for the brave!
The result is a gallery full
of fiber art, textiles, and soft sculpture that incorporate a diversity
of media, including some less traditional ones, such as glitter, plastic, chainmail, and
pig intestines.
There is the grotesque in artworks such as
Intestine, a long segment that obviously represents excrements, made by Kiki Smith, who also shows two wax figures depicted in self - satisfactory, masturbatory practices (Mother / Child), or in Paul McCarthy's sculpture
of pigs with human faces, copulating in an orgy.