Researchers at the University of Minnesota used adult stem cells to create a living human heart that they hope will revolutionize transplants. They used a pig heart drained of its cells. When repopulated with human stem cells, it began to beat again. After this discovery, the U.S. Army employed  tissue engineers to begin developing designs for replacement organs—kidneys, hearts, and lungs. The Army hopes the effort will make it possible to regenerate arms and legs lost by soldiers in war. Even autoimmune diseases, in which the body attacks itself, promise to recede in the face of coming stem cell treatments as defective immune cells are replaced with healthy ones. As if all this were not enough, Japanese scientists have announced an emerging capability to regenerate organs in place, inside the body itself. Their proof of concept, published this past August, enlists stem cells to regenerate teeth in mice. (Info. gathered from LifeSiteNews and Discover Magazine)

Researchers at the University of Minnesota used adult stem cells to create a living human heart that they hope will revolutionize transplants. They used a pig heart drained of its cells. When repopulated with human stem cells, it began to beat again.

After this discovery, the U.S. Army employed  tissue engineers to begin developing designs for replacement organs—kidneys, hearts, and lungs. The Army hopes the effort will make it possible to regenerate arms and legs lost by soldiers in war. Even autoimmune diseases, in which the body attacks itself, promise to recede in the face of coming stem cell treatments as defective immune cells are replaced with healthy ones. As if all this were not enough, Japanese scientists have announced an emerging capability to regenerate organs in place, inside the body itself. Their proof of concept, published this past August, enlists stem cells to regenerate teeth in mice.

(Info. gathered from LifeSiteNews and Discover Magazine)

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    Fuck yes Minnesota. This is fucking awesome!
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