Sofia Ricciarini
Mr. Ippolito
Current Event 20
March 27, 2019
Temming, Maria. “Blood Vessels Built from a Patient's Cells Could Help People on Dialysis.” Science News, 27 Mar. 2019, www.sciencenews.org/article/bioengineered-blood-vessels-patient-cells-dialysis?tgt=nr.
Scientists have made great progress in the development of bioengineered blood vessels. The new process entails stripping the insides from a deceased donor’s blood cells, multiplying them and eventually implanting them into a patient. The patient’s own cells then gradually migrate into the vessel, allowing them to serve as functional blood cells. This process, designed to be more effective than current options, has been highly successful in trials on patients receiving dialysis. The cells were not rejected by the patient’s immune system and the implanted vessels have since been populated with cells, as was expected.
There is always a high number of people in need of blood vessel implants. According to the article, “Hundreds of thousands of people in the United States alone require blood vessel implants for dialysis” (Temming). This is not including the masses of people who lost blood vessels as a result of injury of tumor removal. If this vessel transfusion eventually becomes a conventional procedure, it will undoubtedly save countless lives.
Overall, the article was very well written. It maintained contained concise detail, summarizing the history and mechanism of the procedure without in a way that was informative yet easily understood. I specifically like the use of a photograph of one such engineered vessel before and after implantation, showing how it would be inhabited by cells. However, I did feel that the article was lacking some information that could have helped deepen a reader’s understanding. For instance, Temming explains the use of authentic vessels is more efficient than using synthetic vessels with similar function. I would have been interested to know more about the alternative procedures currently existing and how they compare to the bioengineered blood vessels at hand.
Sarah Whitney
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Current Event 1
September 9, 2019
Temming, Maria. “Blood Vessels Built from a Patient's Cells Could Help People on Dialysis.” Science News, 27 Mar. 2019, www.sciencenews.org/article/bioengineered-blood-vessels-patient-cells-dialysis?tgt=nr.
In Sofia's review of “Blood Vessels Built from a Patient's Cells Could Help People on Dialysis.” by Maria Temming included a brief but detailed summary that described the needed information to describe the study. Sofia also includes quotes which give the reader an idea of the author's views and ideas. Third, Sofia's criticism is very well thought and includes a specific idea from the article which strengthens her thought.
Although Sofia did many things well in her review, there were two things in which I believe she could have improved upon. First, although her summary contains vital information to understand the point of the study, it seems brief and leaves the reader wondering if it is missing something. Second, Sofia's relevance paragraph could have gone into a bit more detail as this topic seems like one that could greatly affect many people's lives.
From this review I was able to learn about the way that scientists can use bioengineering to create different parts of our bodies. This was especially interesting to me as I had the opportunity to see an engineered blood vessel over this summer in a medical lab. This allows me to understand the need for scientific advances such as this in order to improve the lives of many people.
Maggie O’Hare
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Current Event Review 1
9/9/19
Temming, Maria. “Blood Vessels Built from a Patient's Cells Could Help People on Dialysis.” Science
News, 27 Mar. 2019,https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bioengineered-blood-vessels-patient- cells-dial y sis.
I thought that this was a very well written review of an interesting topic. I thought that Sofia was very clear in her first paragraph explaining the process and it was very easy to follow. I also thought she made a good point on wanting the author to expand on alternative procedures cureently existing and thought it was a very good critique. I thought it was important that she mentions there was a large number of people who need blood vessel implants however I don’t think she needed to quote the author, she could have just stated it. I also thought it would have been beneficial if she included a little bit more detail on the process because I thought it was really interesting and I would have liked to hear a little more about it. Maybe how many people have tried this process and if the results have mostly been positive. Overall, I thought this was very easy to read and learned that you can use a donor’s blood cells and implant them onto someone else. I think this is a great invention and will really help a lot of people.
Olivia Conniff
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Current Event 6
October 24th, 2019
Temming, Maria. “Blood Vessels Built from a Patient's Cells Could Help People on Dialysis.” Science News, 27 Mar. 2019, www.sciencenews.org/article/bioengineered-blood-vessels-patient-cells-dialysis?tgt=nr.
For my sixth current event, I chose to read Sofia Ricciarini’s review of the article “Blood Vessels Build from a Patient’s Cells Could Help People on Dialysis” by Maria Temming. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this review as it was very well-written. Sofia used clear language and concise phrasing, which made her explanations easy to understand. I also appreciated her description of how many people are actually in need of blood vessel transplants, and how if vessel transplant becomes widely used, it will benefit people greatly. I also enjoyed Sofia’s critique about how she would have liked if the author included more information on alternative procedures that are in use to greater deepen the reader’s understanding.
While Sofia’s review was excellent, there are a few minor things she could do to improve it even further. First, while her summary paragraph is very informative it seems a bit short and leaves the reader wanting more. It makes me wonder if information was left out and makes me feel as though I am missing something. I also would have liked if she included a bit more detail on the process of the procedure.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Sofia’s review as it was clear, concise, informative, and eye-opening. I found it very interesting to learn about bioengineering and the way that it can be used for procedures and to better people’s lives. Sofia’s review really opened my eyes to the possibilities of medicine and bioengineering of different body parts and how much they can benefit people who really need them.