Breeding human heart

Up to now, there are 17 hearts who are in the formation stage at the laboratory of the University of Minnesota, USA.

The heart-raising project at the University of Minnesota Cardiovascular Center is the work led by Dr. Doris Taylor, built on the foundation of previous successes when feeding rat and pig hearts in laboratory conditions. thanks to the method of filtering the entire organ organ. According to Dr. Taylor, this method is done by removing the entire heart cell, leaving only the muscle and fibrous structure of an empty and pale heart. Then, this heart acts as a framework for the development of stem cells.

The heart of the mouse was successfully reared in the laboratory - (Photo: UM)

The creation of internal organs for transplantation has always had doubts about feasibility. Dr. Taylor is one of the scientists pursuing a project that is listed as a "crazy" form that is only available in fiction or film fiction. However, she affirmed that the method she pursues has a high chance of success, based on the mechanism of endogenous self-healing , or the body's ability to heal itself . Dr Taylor said that science could take advantage of this mechanism to maximize its ability to repel disease and aging.

In 1998, a team of experts led by Dr. Taylor pioneered the transplantation of stem cells for patients after a heart attack. As a result, the patient's heart is stronger and still performs the blood circulation to the body. It is also the first time that endogenous self-healing mechanism has been applied in science. Currently research works to create human organs are being developed, from feeding the heart to the lungs, kidneys, liver and spleen. The central role of the cardiovascular research is the experiment of feeding human liver cells in the hollowed-out liver of mice. Within 30 days, the rat liver contained human cells without the need for metabolites to survive, while studies of the spleen cooperating with the University of Wisconsin were progressing at a rapid rate. The only obstacle today is the threat of budget cuts in the context of the US being engulfed in the public debt crisis.