Thursday the impossible happened. Scientists are able to grow human organs and tissue in pig embryos. Stem cell technology is the cause. The integration is difficult and completely growing human tissue isn't possible yet. "The larger the evolutionary distance, the more difficult for them to mix." Dr. Jun Wu, a staff scientist in the gene expression laboratory at the Salk Institute. They did an experiment with rats and mice. It worked perfectly. Rat stem cells combined with the mouse embryo, and made a rat pancreas inside the mouse. The experiment with human and pig, not as much success. The human stem cells survived, but the bonding took way longer that the previous test. Thus, the test stopped after 4 weeks.
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Would you continue this research?
Would you fund this research?
How will this research affect the medical field?
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I would continue the research it has the potential to save millions of lives. With that being said of course I would fund it, this could potentially be the cure to some of the most harmful plagues and diseases.
I would continue the research because what's the harm in trying? If it works, then transplant options would more open and easily accessible. I would fund this because the results could be amazing. This research would make transplants easier, faster and more accessible, saving lives.
I wold definitely continue to research this experiment to see different outcomes and how this could affect the pig or how the human cells react. I would fund this research if I knew more about the experiment and what exactly I was funding. I'm guessing if the experiment succeeds then people will eventually be able to grow new human organ cells faster or from different people instead of loosing them and not having those organs.
I would continue this because when technologically evolves even more they could possibly find another factor that would make this successful which is also why I would continue to fund it because it could definitely help us as humans someday.
yes to see if it will help human kind. yes it may help cure cancer. it could cure alot more people that it could be alot better then there past atempts.
I would definitely continue this research as long as it was still safe. Once I made sure it was safe I would for sure fund it. Its a great breakthrough that could save lives faster and easier.
Yes! I most definitely would. I would fund it, this is a revolutionary breakthrough. It will make a huge impact on the medical field. Saving lives will become a lot easier. If this technology gets into the wrong hands bad things will happen. We need to be careful with how we use this technology.
I believe that this could go either way. It is a huge step for science but also very scary. I would most likely continue this research to see how far we could get. I think this could be a huge step in the medical field. It could lead to other steps in science.
I would continue the research as long as it wasn't hurting anyone or anything. As for funding this research, I would want to wait a while until the knowledge is increased and the technology is more experienced. This would really help those who need the cells or organs, but right now it is not nearly safe enough to use regularly.
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