Scientists Grow Mouse Transplant Organ in Rat

Scientists Grow Mouse Transplant Organ in Rat

Scientists from Stanford University are trying to find an innovative solution to deal with the shortage of human transplant organs like hearts, kidneys, livers, lungs and other organs. Thus they conducted a

study wherein the scientists made an attempt to grow mouse pancreases in rats and then use them to cure diabetes in mice. The pancreatic tissue was transplanted in the mouse with five days treatment using Immunosuppressive drugs to stop their bodies rejecting the foreign matter.

iv. The study found that diabetic mice were able to normalise their blood glucose levels for over a year after transplantation.

v. Although the study does not indicate whether or not this type of transplant can be enough to save humans, or whether or not human organs can be grown in pigs and sheep, but it can lead to some significant invention in future.