The first project to grow human organs in animals is expected to be launched in Japan within a year or so, once it clears government and university screening committees, Kyodo News cited Prof. Hiromitsu Nakauchi as saying.
According to Kyodo News, the research team will inject human iPS cells into a pig embryo genetically modified so that it lacks the ability to develop a pancreas.The fetus will be removed before delivery to examine the amount of pancreas tissue derived from the human iPS cells and how well it functions.
On March 1, Japan’s Ministry of Education and Science gave the green light to the controversial research process, involving implanting animals with human stem cells that could eventually help grow human organs for transplant inside animal hosts.
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