• Question: Will it ever be possible to grow replacement organs for transplants?

    Asked by to Krishna, Catherine on 14 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Catherine Mansfield

      Catherine Mansfield answered on 14 Mar 2014:

      Yes! in fact this is something that is currently being researched now. Ideally we would grow the replacement organ from cells taken from the patient themselves to reduce the chance of the new organ being rejected by the body.

    • Photo: Krishna Mohan Surapaneni

      Krishna Mohan Surapaneni answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      YES, through STEM CELLS; now the researchers are continuously working on it.

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