The Telegraph reports that the Japanese government has drawn up a recommendation that will permit growth of human organs, from stem cells, in pigs.
The claim is that the stem cells will “grow into a perfect human organ, a kidney or even a heart, as the host animal matures. When the adult creature is slaughtered, the organ will then be harvested and transplanted into a human with a malfunctioning organ.”
Professor Hiromitsu Nakauchi, head of the center for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the University of Tokyo, plan to initially breed a pig with a human pancreas, bringing relief to millions of people with diabetes. The Telegraph reports that Nakauchi claims that kidneys and a human heart will be far more complicated, he said, but are feasible.
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