In Their Experiments Researchers Removed The Hearts Of

And what is really cool is that over time our heart actually replaces that matrix that we call it said doris taylor.

In their experiments researchers removed the hearts of newborn lab rats and stripped them of their cells in a process called organ decellularization.

Researchers in minnesota are working with scientists in other countries to try to create other bio artificial organs including lungs liver the pancreas and kidneys.

She says eight days later the experimental organs began pumping liquid faintly. After four days investigators noted some contractions in the rat hearts. Taylor says the rat hearts began to grow cells on the outside.