This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on Alloplant is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:
Related Sponsors
Alloplant is an experimental, chemically processed biomaterial used for transplantation. It is made primarily from deceased human flesh, which is why the medical community worldwide has had a hard time stomaching the concept. The tissue is subjected to radiating sterilization and is being studied for possible regeneration of tissues of the recipient.
The primary advocate of alloplants is the Russian surgeon Ernest Muldashev. In 2000, he claimed to have successfully transplanted a human eye onto a blind woman using a harvested cornea and retina combined with an alloplant. The operation happened after him and his colleagues made a trip to Tibet. According to Muldashev, this voyage gave him an innate and unprecedented understanding of certain worldly ideas and concepts. He talks about having been witness to paranormal phenomena involving "time mirrors", alien forefather "giants" and others. The claim was widely rejected by the scientific and medical community. Although they avoid the use of the term "quack", doctors interviewed by The Guardian maintain that such transplants are medically impossible and not supported by peer-reviewed medical evidence. Nevertheless, the patient in question has developed the ability to distinguish shapes, colors, and even letters with her transplanted eye.
References
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
This medical treatment article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 7 September 2008, at 14:31.
Wikipedia Authorship and Review
Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.
Wikipedia Usage Guidelines
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "Alloplant".
The URL for this specific entry is:
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.