Tag: organ transplantation

New recovery technique brings dead donor hearts back to life without reanimation

Reviving Hope: New Recovery Technique Brings Dead Donor Hearts Back to Life Without Reanimation For the first time, donor hearts that once lay still after death are being revived through an innovative recovery technique, offering a glimmer of hope for patients in need of life-saving organ transplants. This groundbreaking approach, developed by a team of […]

World-first: Chinese scientists grow human heart tissue in pig embryo, beats for 21 days

World-first: Chinese Scientists Grow Human Heart Tissue in Pig Embryo, Beats for 21 Days In a scientific “first,” a tiny heart structure composed of human cells has been successfully grown inside a pig embryo by a team of researchers from China. This groundbreaking achievement marks a significant step forward in the field of organ transplantation […]

Researchers grow lung cells from mouse fibroblasts in record 10-day process 

Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Regenerative Medicine: Lung Cells Grown from Mouse Fibroblasts in Just 10 Days In a remarkable feat of scientific achievement, Japanese researchers have successfully generated lung cells directly from mouse tissue in a record-breaking 10-day process. This groundbreaking development in regenerative medicine holds immense promise for the future of organ transplantation and […]

Breakthrough for pig kidney transplants: Researchers know why body rejects it

Breakthrough for Pig Kidney Transplants: Researchers Uncover Why the Body Rejects It A recent study achieved a landmark breakthrough in pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation by studying the immune system’s response to these foreign organs. For years, scientists have been exploring xenotransplantation as a potential solution to the shortage of human organs for transplantation. Pigs, in particular, […]

Human cells grown in mice in ‘crazy’ experiment, lab-grown organs one step closer

Human Cells Grown in Mice in ‘Crazy’ Experiment, Lab-Grown Organs One Step Closer Scientists have advanced human-animal chimera research by successfully growing human cells within the organs of mice. This groundbreaking experiment opens up a realm of possibilities for the future of organ transplantation and regenerative medicine. The idea of growing human organs in animals […]

Gene-edited pig liver functions 10 days in human, marking a medical breakthrough

Gene-Edited Pig Liver Functions 10 Days in Human, Marking a Medical Breakthrough The wait for a life-saving organ is agonizing. Every eight minutes, another name is added to the transplant list in the United States, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. With the shortage of human organs for transplantation becoming more critical […]

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