Ghost Hearts Doris A. Taylor, inventor/creator of the ghost hearts constantly harvest organs from the newly dead by re-engineering them. Doris is the director of the regenerative Medicine Research for the center of Cell and Organ Biotechnology at the Texas Heart Institute. Dr. Taylor worked on methods of decellularization and in 2008 she perfected the method. Decellularization is taking all the cells out of the organ leaving it with the lipids, sugar, and proteins. Ghost heart or a ghost-like shell of an organ can be personalized for individuals who are in need of a transplant. This method is not limited to just hearts, it includes lung liver, and kidneys. The most difficult aspect of organ transplantation is matching biological elements between
