Professors Suchitra Holgersson and Michael Olausson have received 400,000 SEK to their stem cell research. The research project lays the foundation for future repairing of the body, instead of transplanting.
Suchitra Holgersson and Michael Olausson, both active at the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, were in early July awarded SEK 200 000 each from the Gelin Fund. Together they have already created new veins, blood vessels that lead blood back to the heart, with the help of stem cells. Now they set about to recreate the arteries, blood vessels that carry blood out of the body, and liver tissue.
Better knowledge of storage and preservation of organs
A positive side effect of this type of research is that it provides knowledge that will come in handy in other areas. For example, it teaches researchers how to store and preserve kidneys and other organs for a long time outside the body.
