Scientists grow humanized kidneys in pig embryos
The work represents an important advance in the methods needed to grow humanized kidneys, hearts, and pancreases in animals.
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The work represents an important advance in the methods needed to grow humanized kidneys, hearts, and pancreases in animals.
Researchers injected altered human pluripotent stem cells into genetically engineered pig embryos to produce early kidney structures made of both human and pig cells.
Hybrid organs raise prospect of fully human body parts being grown inside animals for transplants
Chinese scientists have succeeded in growing kidneys containing human cells in pig embryos, a world first that could one day help address organ donation shortages. "Rat organs have been produced in mice, and mouse organs have been produced in rats, but previous attempts to grow human organs in pigs have not succeeded," senior author Liangxue Lai said in a statement.
Scientists at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health in China reported the kidneys had normal structure and formation after 28 days and were 50% to 60% human cells