Researchers In Minnesota Are Working With Scientists In lab

Taylor says the rat hearts began to grow cells on the outside.

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. So for the first time we have something that looks like a heart that has the anatomy of a heart that we can actually begin to rebuild a whole tissue rather than just a little piece of tissue in a laboratory dish. Taylor says bio artificial hearts for humans could be made from pig organs because the hearts are about the same size. It is basically the cell saying i need something something to hang on to and they build more of it over time. Many heart patients in need of a transplant will die waiting for a new organ to become available.