Talk:Artificial organ

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Out-of-date
I believe this article needs to be updated in terms of contemporary progress. For example, the eye prosthetic description is sourcing an article from 2002. Expandingcircle (talk) 16:52, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Some advancements which should be mentioned include: additional artificial organs created (an artificial vagina now exists; a subsection should probably be added), technologies to make them (3D printing), materials used (one organ grown by scientists used spinach leaves), etc. ggwatson (talk) 11:54, 9 February 2018

Categorization
Would it be useful to categorize this article into two distinct groups of biologics and synthetics? For example, a lab grown organ versus an engineered biomechatronic limb. 88synapse88 (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2016 (UTC)


 * DraftOfTypesOfArtOrgans.png
 * we could make a figure with an overview of, as the draft here.:
 * (Non-tissue based:Implants: made not of cells, but typically of alloys and electronics ,Organ funtion replacements: External machines replacing some or more of the functions that internal organs usually performs)
 * (Tissue based; Isograft: between genetically identical individuals, Xenografts: between members of different spiecies, allograft: between different members of the same speicies)
 * (Partially tissue based; for bones eg: Add ceramic mixes with nutrients for certain tissue encouraging tissues to grow in and on them)
 * If there is a mood for it I am happy to draw a prettier version of it
 * then we could also make reference list to all of the wiki's about the solutions that exists within each of these areas
 * like:
 * List of non-tissue based artificial organs:
 * Replacing one or more functions of our organs we find machines such as
 * implants
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_heart
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_insulin_delivery_system
 * maybe even Bionic Limbs?
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricular_assist_device
 * External machines replacing organ function:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_dialysis
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilator
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_bypass
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracorporeal_membrane_oxygenation
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_perfusion
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_support_system
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_urinary_bladder
 * List of non-tissue based artificial organs:
 * Isograft and allografts(homograft ) often end up 'just' beeing refered to as transplants despite these also often beeing so re-engineered that they are as artificial as the organs we transplant from different species. Not many clinical trials have been done in this area yet, most of the ones done have not shown any promesing results yet.
 * xenograft
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_replacement
 * https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/bioengineered-blood-vessel-grafts-grow-animals
 * https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2022/university-of-maryland-school-of-medicine-faculty-scientists-and-clinicians-perform-historic-first-successful-transplant-of-porcine-heart-into-adult-human-with-end-stage-heart-disease.html
 * Kidney from pig: Xenotransplantation - Definition, uses, and effectiveness | National Kidney Foundation
 * Maybe it is better to use the term non native organs? as when we talk about organs which comes from other patients but which have been remodelled immunologically and often also tissuewise, they the principle very close to xenografts which a lot of people seems to agree counts as artificial organs? it also seems strange to refer to things taken out of the body, which is then reconfigured and put back into the body as an artificial organ but that is often the case? if we say non native organs, it is clear that we are simply refering to an organ not originally in the body, but which is a functional part of the body never the less. It can also sometimes be very tricky to define where the border between implant and partially tissue based artificial organ lies, as most implants often ends up somehow interacting with tissue.
 * Partially tissue based:
 * Not many clinical trials have been done in this area yet, most of the ones done have not shown any promesing results yet. One company working intensly on it is: https://ossiform.com/. This also rases the question of weather we want to formulate our understanding and defintions based on what is already possible and availble or what we think will be available in the future? Claes Lindhardt (talk) 06:04, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Not many clinical trials have been done in this area yet, most of the ones done have not shown any promesing results yet. One company working intensly on it is: https://ossiform.com/. This also rases the question of weather we want to formulate our understanding and defintions based on what is already possible and availble or what we think will be available in the future? Claes Lindhardt (talk) 06:04, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

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Trachea Information
I added two case studies were two different methods were used to integrate bioengineered/engineered tracheas in patients.RCastellanos (talk) 05:52, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I also fixed grammar in the first two paragraphs, edited some wording and moved citation [1] to the correct sentence.RCastellanos (talk) 05:54, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * You picked a bit of a land mine of an area to jump into, given the Macchiarini stuff that has gone on over the past ten years.
 * But in general please use recent literature reviews in high quality journals; please avoid journals published by predatory publishers, and please be careful not to use sources that are written by people reviewing their own work; we want independent sources as much as possible. Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 23:13, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Microchips
I added 7 sentences on microchips from scholarly journals from 2016-2017 and removed the two previous sentences. The new material posted covers what the previous author posted. I hope this is helpful, thanks! RCastellanos (talk) 01:01, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Please use reviews. here is a pubmed search for reviews on organs on a chip. Jytdog (talk) 04:05, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Kidney
The World’s First Bionic Kidney Is All Set To Replace Dialysis in Just Two Years — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jetpen (talk • contribs) 00:09, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Updates
Hello all, I've recently added the 'Testes" section and two sentences and references to said section. In addition, I've added a few other sentences to the brain and thymus section to provide updated information to each of them. Thank you! Tfriersonjr (talk) 02:41, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Red Blood Cell
The first paragraph contains really good information but is not cited. Rango122 (talk) 00:40, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Buildings blocks needed and what could all potentially be build and/or replaced in the human body
I tried making a rough draft of all the different levels of buildings bloks that there is to Organs in a human, and which part they go together to to build in what organ. Would it make sense to have a such overview here(assuming we got some more accurate numbers)? Claes Lindhardt (talk) 07:06, 24 August 2023 (UTC)


 * To kind of map out the complexity there is to making an artifical organ and make it more intuative and navigable what belongs where on what level of an aritifical organ Claes Lindhardt (talk) 07:07, 24 August 2023 (UTC)