Genetically engineered organs grown in a lab for transplants and research
- History
- Ethics
- How does it work? (biological)
- Background
Relevant Law
There are large amount of people who need a transplant, however, because of the limitation of the organ donation, there are only a few people can have this opportunity.
- Pros and cons
Pros
Cons
It causes the immune system to reject it and may not be completely successful（explanation of the immune system）
- Which kind of organs are easy to realize? Which are not?
Setting
- Future works
Eg. pig skin and people’s burned skin.
It can help solve some diseases.
The stem cells could potentially grow unchecked in a patient’s body and form a tumor.
It can reduce the sacrifice of the people who volunteer to donate their organs.
It may couldn’t accept by patient mentally
It is pretty expensive to prepare apparatus and technology.
It may increase the crime rate
Easy
Liver
Difficult
Heart
Moral
It may damage.the embryos accidentally, which will possibly be unacceptable for the mother