Chinese scientists grow kidneys with human cells in pig embryos, a world first that could one day help address organ donation shortages.
Experts say research involving growing kidneys containing human cells in pig embryos raises ethical issues.
“Rat organs have been produced in mice, and mouse organs have been produced in rats, but previous attempts to grow human organs in pigs have not succeeded,” senior author Liangxue Lai said in a statement. Ilic cautioned there would be many challenges to turning the experiment into a viable solution, but “nevertheless, this captivating strategy warrants further exploration.”A major challenge in creating such hybrids has been that pig cells outcompete human cells.
In total, they transferred 1,820 embryos into 13 surrogate mothers. The pregnancies were terminated at 25 and 28 days to assess how the experiment had worked.
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