Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Hi! So I'm performing this experiment entitled " Creating a Kidney: How Stem Cells Might be Used To Bioengineer a Kidney" and I am having trouble understanding how to prove my results. The objective of this project is to see what protein environment is best for creating a kidney in outside of the body. I am 90% done with my research now and this project is due October 15. Is there anyway you can explain to me how to prove my results incorrect or correct?
Thanks!

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Hi scienceresearchgal,

That sounds like a great project - there is alot of research going on right now with stem cells and tissue/organ regeneration.

I am not sure what data you have acquired that you would like to understand if it is right or not. Did you test different protein matrices in a cell culture setting? Anyway, if you have some data you can check some recent publications to see if anyone else identified the best proteins for growing a kidney on. You may not find only kidney information, but if you find other organ information you may still be able to draw conclusions from that.

I hope that gets you started. Here are some inks to the publications I am talking about. I am sure you can find more searching the internet.

Tonya

http://nih.gov/researchmatters/april201 ... idneys.htm
http://www.wakehealth.edu/Research/WFIR ... Kidney.htm