Are Lab-Grown Hearts the Key to Long Life? | Secrets of the Human Body | BBC Earth Science

Chris meets surgeon Dr Ott, who has been using STEM cells to create a functioning lab-grown heart. Could this be a key to a longer life?
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Secrets of the Human Body (2017)
The human body is the most sophisticated organism on earth. It's a scientific marvel and much about it remains a mystery. Secrets of the Human Body uses cutting-edge graphics to effectively peel back the skin and reveal the surprisingly beautiful biological processes that keep us alive.
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[@AaronShenghao]

I like that instead of futuristic lab in science fiction, that lab is just as messy as my desk.

[@ManyHeavens42]

I say again we are GOD.

[@rockyjohnson9243]

This is just the start. The real magic is being able to repair the cells themselves without ever having to remove a body part. Basically resetting the clock on your cell to day 1. This allows for regeneration of all organs, including the skin, eyes, hair everything.

[@XstaticGamer1347]

Man I love science

[@forrestgypsy]

Dr Anthony Atala has been growing organs for years I first learned of his in 2009 . He's even transplanted lab grown organs.

[@robinsoncrusoe2355]

Looks very expensive 💸💸💸

[@Rawmon94]

correct me if im wrong, but what you claim is not entirely correct, the DNA also gets damaged over time which makes it unable to replicate anymore or wont be viable for life or in the worst case become cancerous. you cant rewind a clock with too many damaged parts, just doesnt work that way.

[@Fb-gj5rn]

Damn. They have come a long way since I heard of some progress made in 2017/2018. Hopefully it does become a reality in our lifetime.

[@DimensionalGaming4]

I bet one day we'll take a blood sample from someone and you can grow an exact organ replica for that person. It'll be a while but every organ, eyes, teeth, nose, skin, organs, everything can be grown in a lab.

[@integr8er66]

So you fix the heart, so what about everything else? So now it will boil down to how much life you can afford

[@spaceempire]

So in theory if one’s heart failed, he or she can temporarily have their hearts replaced by mechanical ones, during which the lab strip their heart of diseased heart cell and grow a new set of pluripotent stem cells on to the bare scaffold. When everything’s ready the new grown heart is then “re-planted” back to the patient, a renewed and reused organ, to and from the same patient, therefore no rejection, no long term drug needed.

[@jeremybyington]

I’ve been reading and seeing videos about this since the late 1990s. The lab takes a donor heart, reduces it to a cartilage scaffolding, and then grows new cells from the recipient. The result will be an organ that will not be rejected by the recipient’s body and will last longer than a donated organ typically lasts with anti-rejection medication.

[@shawnmatthews5118]

I hope they perfect this technology soon. It may well save my life. I’d be happy to volunteer for any trial.

[@juicejuice5013]

I love it the heart in the beginning kinda remind me of that salamander that can rejuvenate itself

[@ManyHeavens42]

Good job Im Proud to know you People are hard at work saving mankind.thank you

[@Smiley_101]

❤❤❤❤ 1000 percent this is what we need ! I likes 3d printing of our cellls or grow them into any parts of our body so growing old doesn’t have to be shitty for all of us . We really needs to get this study n accomplished asap

[@redacted-oo7ne]

“that’s what i hope for” lol very abrupt ending

[@sheck]

Yes!

[@GoldenRing2023]

That's pretty interesting, I wonder when these will be available for hospitals around the world, Actually it might take decades

[@user-fl2wn5zr5z]

this is indredable