“Scientists have grown a liver in a laboratory, offering fresh hope to hundreds of thousands of patients with diseased and damaged organs. It raises the prospect of those in need of transplants one day being offered livers that are ‘made to order’. The first pieces of lab-grown livers could be used in hospitals within just five years, the researchers said.
Scientists have grown a liver in a laboratory, offering fresh hope to hundreds of thousands of patients with diseased and damaged organs. It raises the prospect of those in need of transplants one day being offered livers that are ‘made to order’. The first pieces of lab-grown livers could be used in hospitals within just five years, the researchers said.”
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Read something about this a few years ago, it wasn’t this far along though. Good to see they’re still making progress with it. Really interesting/amazing stuff I hope we do get to start using these within 5 years!
Rats rule!
Incredible. This is a real wonder. So much potential: it could even be relatively cheap.
We will look back on a time before this technology as a dark age of avoidable death and decay. Mark my words. This is a real game-changer.
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well, this is what i always hoped they would do with cloning…rather than reproducing our pets & loved ones. :/
Oooh, oooh, liver! Do you think they can clone me some onions?