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Added on the 04/06/2022 08:00:30 - Copyright : Euronews EN
While it’s too soon to know if the operation really will work, it marks a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.
Scientists in Israel unveil a 3D print of a heart with human tissue and vessels calling it a first and "major medical breakthrough" that advances possibilities for transplants. 1ST IMAGES
Yes, this is a human ear growing on a human arm. Plastic surgeon Guo Shuzhong conducted one of the world's first successful ear to arm transplant operations on Wednesday, giving his patient the hope that he will be able to hear again from an ear made of his own flesh. His patient, Mr. Ji, lost his ear in the traffic accident and felt 'incomplete'. Due to the tree-step operation, he may be able to hear again with an artificial one, if it can be successfully re-attached to his head. The ear was made out of the patient's rib cartilage and then planted on his right arm at a hospital in Xi'an, China. It may be only 4 months before Mr. Ji has his ear again.
The ability to create embryos from stem cells without eggs or sperm is revolutionary, but for many, it also raises ethical question marks.
This French biotech company is looking to develop a product to give oxygen to organs and grafts to improve transplant success rates.
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