The first successful lab grown lung transplant has occurred! A University of Texas Medical Branch research team produced new lungs for a group of pigs. They started with a template of a lung taken from an unrelated animal and applied cells taken from the pigs. These new lungs were grown in a bioreactor for 30 days. Then each pig received a transplant made of its own cells. All pigs in the study remained healthy with one original lung and one transplanted lung. They also showed to have normal levels of oxygen saturation and no rejections of the new lungs. There is still work to be done as they did not attempt to replace both lungs in any of the pigs, but hopefully that will be on the docket soon. Take a look for yourself. https://www.utmb.edu/newsroom/article11815.aspx
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