■ Japanese scientists have begun growing a liver:
"A group in Yokohama reported it has grown a primitive liver in a petri dish using a person's skin cells"
It's not a complete liver, but it's a big step forward in organ replacement. What will be very interesting is the race between the organic "growers" and the 3D printer folks.
■ Sadly, not all of these efforts work out:
"A toddler who in April became the youngest person ever to receive a bioengineered organ has died ... implanted a bioengineered windpipe made from plastic fibers to which the girl’s own cells, taken from her bone marrow, were added"
There have been only a handful of these procedures done at all, and little Hannah Warren (who would have turned 3 next month) was the first here in the States.
[Hat Tip: FoIB Holly R]
"A group in Yokohama reported it has grown a primitive liver in a petri dish using a person's skin cells"
It's not a complete liver, but it's a big step forward in organ replacement. What will be very interesting is the race between the organic "growers" and the 3D printer folks.
■ Sadly, not all of these efforts work out:
"A toddler who in April became the youngest person ever to receive a bioengineered organ has died ... implanted a bioengineered windpipe made from plastic fibers to which the girl’s own cells, taken from her bone marrow, were added"
There have been only a handful of these procedures done at all, and little Hannah Warren (who would have turned 3 next month) was the first here in the States.
[Hat Tip: FoIB Holly R]
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