Through updating and developing current technologies, new methods can be made and current ones improved. One way to make organs is using 3D printing technologies. Cells that can be isolated are obtained from the patient and grown in a lab. They are then mixed in a solution that is high in oxygen and other nutrients to keep the cells alive. A structure containing biomaterial is then printed with the appropriate shape for the patient. Throughout printing, the printer spreads the grown cells within the different layers. Hence, a basic organ is created using the patient 's own cells that can now be transplanted and aid the receiver. Another way to create organs is to convert human skin cells back into stem cells using advanced methods. The stem cells can then be assisted to develop into more complex organs. This is a great way to develop needed organs for patients. Additionally, a new gene editing technique can be employed too. CRISPR, associated with the protein Cas9, can be used to effectively modify or edit DNA. This technique is believed to be able to make pig organs that can be transplanted into humans. This technique is fairly new and is able to help with many other illnesses, and is being developed in many areas too. These are just some methods that can be used to make artificial organs suitable for use. With time and money, technologies can develop much further …show more content…
For instance, the story of Darek Fidyka shows the remarkability of lab grown organs and tissues. Fidyka, a 38 year old man, was left paralyzed from the waist down due to a knife attack. Cells were taken from Fidyka’s nose and a “nerve bridge” was developed from them. This was used in his damaged spinal column and after about 19 months Fidyka was able to move and feel sensations in his legs again. Furthermore, researchers have already developed lab-grown kidneys. These kidneys have been used on animals such as rats and pigs and have worked successfully. With extra work, these kidneys can then be used on humans as well. Kidneys are the most needed organs among patients and the development of lab-grown kidneys would help thousands of people. These are just some accounts of lab grown organs being used on patients as there are countless more successful transplants that have happened. Additionally, organs grown from a patient 's own cells are much safer than donated organs. A donated organ could be rejected by the receiver 's body as the cells are different and may not be able to work together. A lab grown organ containing the receiver 's own cells will not be rejected as the cells of the organ belong to the person. That organ would be accepted by the body as the cells already know how to work together. Therefore, lab grown organs have continued to successfully complete their job and prove to be safer