Question for tissue engineeringhuman biology people: Hydrogel and stem cell or ecm?

Hi There,

I’m new and have an idea that seems like it would work, from a tissue engineering/injection perspective. I would need some expert feedback:

What would happen if I one of the commercial “bio-resorbable” hydrogels available commercially today? To seed the hydrogel matrix, I would inject my own stem cells - many companies are now culturing stem cells from patients for cosmetic use, but studies show that this type of thing can be used to generate tissue, including corpus cavernosum tissue. Studies also show that extracellular matrix might be a good way to start seeding tissue instead of stem cells. Seeding this in the body seems much more straight forward than doing it in vitro (and then trying to implant), from a recovery and from a growth perspective. I am looking for feedback on viability, including possible negative consequences of: differentiation, granulomas, and other unforeseen stuff.

Thanks!

So you want to conduct an experiment on the one and only penis you have? Now it sounds really cool in theory but you must know a theory is an unproven idea. Now to properly test your theory would take years of lab research before it would even be remotely feasible but you want to test it out on your dick. Please remember when you read all this neat stuff about stems cells and all that other crap that all that is still in the early phase and in years it may turn out to be something great or maybe not so great. I wouldn’t think about doing it! Hey if you have a younger brother do it to him and see what happens. Younger brothers are good for that kind of shit.