Can we actually grow organs ?
Updated: Mar 24, 2020
Organoids such as "mini-brains" or "mini-hearts" currently used in labs are very limited. How far are we from growing actual organs ?
Organoids such as "mini-brains", "mini-hearts" or "mini-livers" used today in research laboratories are very limited. Although they enable to test drugs or understand cell interactions, they come nowhere near the complexity or real organs.
Further reading:
"Lab-Grown “Mini Brains” Can Now Mimic the Neural Activity of a Preterm Infant"
"Mini Brains” Are Not like the Real Thing"
So will we ever be able to grow actual organs, usable for transplants ?
A startup called "Volumetric" has a plan to make it happen.
