Stem cells grow functional lungs in mice

“Researchers at Columbia University were able to grow fully functional lungs in mouse embryos using transplanted stem cells. The findings suggest that it may be ultimately possible to use the technique to grow human lungs in animals for patients who need transplants and to study new lung treatments.”  After culturing pluripotent stem cells and then transferring them to mice embryos that could not reject them, the donor and host stem cells formed “chimeric lungs” that survived in the animals to adulthood.   MORE

Image Credit:   Columbia University