Remarkableriots Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Quote For the first time, researchers have created lungs in the lab and successfully transplanted them into pigs. These bioengineered lungs, described online August 1 in Science Translational Medicine, developed healthy blood vessels that allowed pigs to live for several weeks after surgery without medical complications. That’s a significant improvement from previous efforts: Lab-grown lungs implanted in rodents failed within hours, before the lungs could develop the complex blood vessel network necessary for long-term survival. If the new procedure can be adapted for humans, with bioengineered lungs grown from a patient’s own cells, that could reduce the risk of organ rejection and slash wait times for organ transplants. In the United States, where about 1,500 people currently are on a waiting list for a lung transplant, the average wait is a few months. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/scientists-transplant-lab-grown-bioengineered-lungs-pigs?tgt=nr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Excellent! And I can't wait for the protests from the very people (fat, uneducated, unhealthy) that will need this tech the most! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Good news for smokers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 It is upon us... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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