Can I Get a New Bladder?

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I am routinely asked about the possibility of transplanting a new bladder. It is an interesting thought isn't it. I mean, if you have a liver or kidneys that do not work right, then you are put on a list and hopefully will eventually receive one of these organs. Transplanting a bladder would...

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Pete

4/17/08 8:49pm

If a bladder is augmented, do the bladder muscles stop working completely? Or do they have limited function that won't allow the "new" bladder to empty completely, requiring periodic cathing?

daisy

9/15/08 9:58pm

what if ya know, what if, we could just regenerate the nerves thats what I'm waiting for I'm just a lay person but I think most of these problems are irritated nerves or dameged do ya think? davidb

melissa

12/15/08 10:51pm

I have a read a great article about how doctors are trying to use stem cells for weak splincter muscles. www.webrnd.com/com/news/20010604/transplanttorepair-urinaryincontinence

Anonymous

2/ 2/10 2:09am

http://dima-biotech.blogspot.com/2010/02/anthony-atala-on-growing-new-organs.html

Housing1st

3/13/11 10:46am

I am wondering if you could tell me the present level of progress with the study at Wake Forest where they use one's own cells to try to regenerate the bladder miuscle.

lisa

4/17/11 9:52pm

Hello. The work that is being done at Wake Forest... would that mean that a person such as me, having had my bladder and urethra surgically removed due to an extreme case of interstitial cystitis could forseably gain both back?

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