Tear glands bioengineered in the lab work successfully in mice

[littlemermaid]

Functional lacrimal gland regeneration by transplantation of a bioengineered organ germ, Masatoshi Hirayama, Miho Ogawa, Masamitsu Oshima, Yurie Sekine, Kentaro Ishida, Kentaro Yamashita, Kazutaka Ikeda, Shigeto Shimmura, Tetsuya Kawakita, Kazuo Tsubota & Takashi Tsuji, Nature Communications 4, Article number: 2497. The research shows potential for bioengineered organ replacement to functionally restore the lacrimal gland. Early days, but amazing.

[DCRdryeye]

May not happen in our life times, but it certainly is amazing. Imagine the future with genetic healing, growing and replacing anything for the body...wow.

[farmgirl]

Well, how cool would that be! That would mean a permanent fix for me....F/G