TOKYO—Scientists in Japan will begin trying to grow human organs in animals after receiving government permission for the first study of its kind in the country. ADVERTISEMENTIt is the first step in what researchers caution is a very long path toward a future where human organs for transplant could be grown inside animals. Japan had previously required researchers to terminate animal embryos implanted with human cells after 14 days and prevented the embryos from being placed into animal wombs to develop. The modified embryos are then implanted with human iPS cells that can grow into the missing pancreas. ADVERTISEMENTChimeraImplanting animal embryos with human cells creates what is known as a chimera—an entity with both animal and human cells.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 01, 2019 15:33 UTC