In a high - ceilinged laboratory at Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C., a gleaming white robot stitches
up pig intestines.
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.
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.
Movie aliens often have healing powers, but what could be stranger and more amazing than discovering that
powdered pig intestine can regenerate a soldier's broken body?
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.
There, he coaxes revelers to try unfamiliar yet authentically Chinese delicacies such as
crispy pig intestine and sour pickles; favored low - cost fare at his third generation business.
The pig intestine worked there.
Many receive a graft made of their own tissue, cadaver tissue, or
pig intestines, but the surgery can cause complications, including erectile dysfunction.
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.