Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage
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 semitr...
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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 semitr...
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.
Researchers hope to get FDA approval for trials that could pave the way for transplanting modified pig organs into humans.
Researchers hope to get FDA approval for trials that could pave the way for transplanting modified pig organs into humans.