Source: Agence France Presse via Yahoo! News
Posted: Wed June 7, 2006 1:41 AM ET
Summary:
Australian researchers have grown beating heart tissue in the laboratory in a world-first breakthrough that could lead to the creation of entire human organs. The team of Australian scientists and surgeons said their work aimed to grow organs, including parts of the heart, using patients' own stem cells to avoid the problems of immune system rejection of transplanted organs.
Commentary: Hopefully this procedure will have positive long-term outcomes and eventually enable other types of human tissue to be created in a laboratory for transplantation into patients.
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