Human organs could soon be grown for the first time to support increasing transplants. Inside animals.
This could lead to a paradigm shift in the cost of organ transplants.
- It will also help in putting an end to the black market smuggling of organs.
- Japan has given green light to grow human organs inside surrogate animals.
- Scientists have received permission to perform experiments in order to use farm animals for growing organs.
- This technique will involve genetically modifying sheep/pig embryos.
- It is not possible to grow a specific choice of organ yet through this controversial way.
- The home growing of organs could lead to a virtually unlimited supply of human organs, can even help to cure Type-1 diabetes.
- Human stem cells will be injected into the embryo. Scientists hope that human DNA will fill the missing link.
- The success rate for this method is unknown.
