The first transplant operation with an organ wholly grown in a laboratory have performed. A 36 year old man, who has a new windpipe, is still recovering after the surgeons operated him. The organ in created by the man’s own stem cells. Surgeons used the stem cells from windpipes before but used the collagen skeletons of donations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jul/08/cancer-patient-synthetic-organ-transplant
Jeej! Long live the science! This is a great founding. It saves people’s life. The article said that it is hard to find organs for little children so with this founding that can be repaired. I think this is just the start of organs wholly grown in laboratory and in a couple of years scientists can make all organs. It is also a good solution to the short of donors worldwide, though I do think they should use the organs from donors as much as they can, growing organs but be expensive. And I quite like the idea of making use of “second hand” organs.
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