I'm glad to provide value for value.

Love your presence on LI, Jim. We're LI buddies.

Thanks, katrinam41. Kidney issues are, like most conditions, partly hereditary and partly dietary. If you hurt in different places depending on your sleeping position, then you probably have a uric acid imbalance.

As a stage 3 kidney lady, I am very interested in any research that may be helpful in the near future. I know someone who is stage 4, so best wishes to your venture!

I guess that means that the first thing you ought to do is log in to the Gulch, before you look at anything.

It only happens to me, before I've logged in. Maybe it is an intentional gauntlet or mine field.

Most of the ads I see are for Gulch Marketplace items. Is that because I have the shopping cart symbol in front of my Gulch name?

Man, I wish it was your ads I saw before I login on my phone and not ads for erectile dysfunction and sex toys!

WTF is wrong with the site administrators?

There have been a lot of people that are using government grift to grow replacement organs, but making a sustainable business out of it is challenging because very few people want to pay what it really costs. Figuring out the path to making it a profitable business by having intermediate products and services prior to complete organs is the challenge that this new LinkedIn forum is addressing.

One of the challenges that Atlas Shrugged addressed, but only lightly, is the challenge in building a market for your products and services.

I am glad to know you and all of the Gulchers! Cancer is an example of an under-controlled immune system. Anaphylactic shock (from bee stings, for example) is the complete other extreme.

Regarding kidney problems, gout is a kidney stone outside the kidney. People who get gout, as I did, at a very young age have autoimmune issues.

I joined the group because I am fascinated by the tech you have introduced to the Gulch and have read some of your work. I have to admit I'm a bit slower than I was in younger years and the details of your endeavors can get over my head. Nevertheless, I'll stretch these old brain cells to try and keep up. Growing replacement organs seems like science fiction (at least it was decades ago), but I do wish success! I don't know if I'll ever be able to contribute to the group, but am grateful to be accepted as a member.

My sister in law, a wonderful lady, was killed by pancreatic cancer and a close friend is now fighting the same battle. Heart disease is encroaching on me and many people I know as we age. Kidney failure is looming up on others I know. Growing replacement organs or even parts of organs to be grafted onto living organs is a worthwhile goal, for sure.

Thank you for all you do!

I'll occasionally make such posts. Most people have no idea how many long term conditions are autoimmune responses. Do you have any particular condition in mind?

One of the things I am working on is a computer program that connects keywords in articles regarding various diseases and/or conditions to create a concept map that can later be used to either write a review paper or do data mining.

any direct links to the science, would love to view.