Got asked this question yesterday by my hairdresser.......

[Moggie]

but couldn't answer it so thought I would ask people on here to see if they are in the know.

Has anyone ever attempted a thyroid transplant and if so what was the outcome.

My hairdressers thoughts were "if they can transplant lungs, hearts and most other thing why not the thyroid".

Moggie x

[rosetrees]

Just a random thought. I doubt they'd try it because you would need to take powerful immuno suppressant drugs. You can live without a thyroid and many people here do just that after a TT, as you can take the missing hormones it would have produced. It's harder to live without lungs or a heart.

[Moggie in reply to rosetrees]

I know it would be no good for someone with hashi's as I assume the body would just attack the new thryoid but wondered about thyroid sufferers without hashi's.

Moggie x

[shaws Administrator]

One of the members thought of this quite a long time ago. He mentioned it to me at the last Thyroid Conference. His name is Brian don't know his surname.

This is a link re regenerative medicine.

parliament.uk/business/comm...

[Moggie in reply to shaws]

Thanks shaws. Looks like it works on mice, now they just need a few human volunteers - any takers????

Moggie x

[SkinnerFan in reply to shaws]

Thyroid conference? When and where are they?

[Hidden in reply to SkinnerFan]

That was the last conference! The next one is Oct 18th 2014, National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham.

Full details will be coming soon, but Thyroid UK Members get first dibs on the tickets....

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/member...

Louise

x

[wightmouse]

Thought I read somewhere about thyroid stem cell therapy, just googled and found this. Been successful in mice now need trials for humans.

thyroid.about.com/b/2012/10...

[Moggie in reply to wightmouse]

Very interesting - even better than a transplant, but cant see this happeneing any time soon can you?

Moggie x

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Have a look here:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Rod

[Moggie in reply to helvella]

Thanks Rod, amazing what you miss when you are busy at work and have to stay off the site for a few weeks.

Moggie x

[nobodysdriving]

why have a thyroid transplant when you can live 'happily ever after' on thyroxine?