Current Event 1/14/08

Lab Grown Heart From Existing Rats

Heart related complications is the leading cause of deaths in America today, and recently with a new, experimental technique in growing live rat hearts in a lab. Scientists start with peeling away at the current heart, and use soap solutions to peel away till only the inner parts of the heart is left, then they inject the other rat's heart cells and regrow the live heart. So far, the study is a big step toward regrowing human hearts, but one problem that remains is trying to keep the heart cells' growth stable. This finding of research to me is shocking. The fact that technology is at the point where we can create replacement body parts is a turning point for the next decade. And seeing scientific advancement like this, gives me an assumption that life will be of better quality.

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