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The new method removes all animal cells from the pig liver and replaces them with human cells, which scientists say restarts the organ's function to perform as it would in the human body.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The ghostly form floating in a large jar had been the robust reddish-brown of a healthy organ just hours before. Now it's semitranslucent, white tubes like branches on a tree showing through.
The ghostly form floating in a large jar had been the robust reddish-brown of a healthy organ just hours before. Now it’s semi-translucent, white tubes lik..
Scientists are transforming pig livers to look and act like human ones, part of a quest to ease the nation's organ shortage
The ghostly form floating in a large jar had been the robust reddish-brown of a healthy organ just hours before. Now it’s semi-translucent, white tubes like branches on a tree showing through.