Scientists have successfully transplanted a bioengineered lung into a pig

Re:Scientists have successfully transplanted a bioengineered... by _0ffh on Sunday August 05, 2018 @07:54AM (#17690874)

Your comment prompted me to find out about the Macchiarini scandal, which I had not previously been aware of. That's some seriously scary shit that went down there! When your experimental technique fails - again and again - and multiple people die - one after another - and you still go on doing it... that's just sick. Or dedication, I presume.

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Re:Scientists have successfully transplanted a bioengineered... by vilhelm_s on Sunday August 05, 2018 @03:39PM (#17693066)

Macchiarini seems to have told lies about everything, not just his research. Strikingly, he told one journalist that he would marry her and the Pope himself would officiate (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/01/celebrity-surgeon-nb...), while he in fact did not know the pope and also was already married.

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Re:Scientists have successfully transplanted a bioengineered... by Brakenshire on Sunday August 05, 2018 @09:20AM (#17691182)

The section about the bronchoscopy is this article is terrifying:

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37311038

Stem cell science must above all avoid another Jesse Gelsinger case. Superstar researchers will always want to take chances, but the risks have to be strictly managed by the community or else there will be a backlash and progress will be set back by decades.

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