Scientist grow human organs inside pigs for transplant

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Scientists in the United States are trying to grow human organs inside pigs.

They have injected human stem cells into pig embryos to produce human-pig embryos known as chimeras.

The embryos are part of research aimed at overcoming the worldwide shortage of transplant organs.

The team from University of California, Davis says they should look and behave like normal pigs except that one organ will be composed of human cells.

The human-pig chimeric embryos are being allowed to develop in the sows for 28 days before the pregnancies are terminated and the tissue removed for analysis.

The BBC's Panorama was given exclusive access to the research for Medicine's Big Breakthrough: Editing Your Genes.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36437428

 

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This is so exciting! 

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"But the work is controversial. Last year, the main US medical research agency, the National Institutes of Health, imposed a moratorium on funding such experiments.

The main concern is that the human cells might migrate to the developing pig's brain and make it, in some way, more human.

Pablo Ross says this is unlikely but is a key reason why the research is proceeding with such caution: "We think there is very low potential for a human brain to grow, but this is something we will be investigating."

Imagine if that happens

 

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That's good if works, it might help lots of people in need of quick donor.

However, Jewish and Muslims may not able to use it since not kosher/halal,

but there will be another way if this one works.

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Swine ha impacT 

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This is my school

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Slay!

Waiting for successful Human-Pig Xenopregnancy now  

The ethically and morally grey solution to abortion and pregnancy as a condition: grow human fetuses in pigs

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15 minutes ago, ItsTommyBitch said:

Slay!

Waiting for successful Human-Pig Xenopregnancy now  

The ethically and morally grey solution to abortion and pregnancy as a condition: grow human fetuses in pigs

I need a gif from hannibal that closes up the dead pig that held a child.

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Just now, Seeka said:

I need a gif from hannibal that closes up the dead pig that held a child.

I've.... never seen that and I don't want to

Pigs can potentially carry human fetuses (non hybrids) though. (I think Sheep too, its quite interesting  )

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Just now, ItsTommyBitch said:

I've.... never seen that and I don't want to

Pigs can potentially carry human fetuses (non hybrids) though. (I think Sheep too, its quite interesting  )

They never show the kids, though it's all honestly probably one of the creepiest moments from the show.

But does world need more humans though?

I want more baby penguins. Not baby humans.

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exciting