Bladder grown in lab hailed as breakthrough for organ transplants

By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
Published: 04 April 2006

The world's first organ grown in a laboratory has been successfully implanted in humans, heralding a new era in transplant surgery.

Seven patients given new bladders grown from their own cells have functioning organs that have performed as well as those conventionally repaired but with none of the ill effects, scientists reveal.

Experts hailed the "stunning" development, which marks a new frontier in the search for replacement body parts. Scientists behind the breakthrough are now trying to grow up to 20 other organs and tissues...

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