Australia can feed on heart tissue

Australian researchers have successfully cultivated heart tissue in the laboratory, considered the first breakthrough in the world that could lead to the creation of all human organs.

Professor Wayne Morrison.(Photo: headandneck)

This group of scientists and surgeons said their work aimed at feeding organs, including parts of the heart, using the patient's own stem cells to avoid rejection of the immune system during transplanting. transplant later.

Until now, scientists have only created two-dimensional tissues, such as skin, within the framework of a laboratory. However, Wayne Morrison, the lead researcher, said his team was able to grow three-dimensional tissues that could one day lead to the creation of organs.

"This breakthrough in tissue production will bring new hope and credibility to the future of millions of people in Australia and around the world," he said.

The team used microsurgery to implant a blood vessel into a specially designed cavity, where they would then transplant stem cells and let them grow into different types of tissue.

Scientists from Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microbiology at St Vincent Hospital in Melbourne and the University of Melbourne surgery have used the same technique to successfully cultivate breast tissue, fat, muscle tissue and insulin secretion tissue .

Morrison published a video showing the scene of the heart tissue the group created was beating. "Heart cells actually beat according to their own rhythm," he said.

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