Scientists may be able to "grow" custom organs

Meera Dolasia
Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:28:12 -0800

Scientists at the University of Minnesota recently revealed that they had been able to grow a rat heart in a laboratory. While it will take years before this will be available to human beings, their success has raised the hopes that some day it will be possible to grow new hearts and other organs to replace or repair damaged ones.