Growing human organs in a lab, right or wrong?
375523
Right. I mean, if we can grow organs in a lab than maybe not as many people will die while they are on organ transplant waiting lists. Of course with every step for man kind comes an inherent evil as well. We could start growing humans and using them as slaves... that would be wrong, but growing organs to save lives... THAT'S A MIRACLE! Embrace it.
787861
most parents today have the umbelical stem cells of their childred preserved (by freezing) at birth.\n\nthese cells will provide the starting point for growing new body parts for them in later years.\n\nwhy:\n\nif i took a stem cell from my body and grew a new heart, it would still be a 65 year old heart. If a heart were grown from stem scell preserved at my birth, it would be only 9 months old.
54449
No.  Not at all.  The capacity for this and more is still alive and well in some humans.
243571
Your liver was meant to regenerate. Cells are constantly being createds and constanly dying, like your skin. But limbs are more complex. There are bones, nerves, veins, and muscle that would have to grow in. Your body is controlled by chromosomes that tell it how and what to grow, and most of us only grow two arms and two legs.
15033
Experiments have been done in order to design dialysis machines.  Also experimentation has been performed on newly dead humans in order to know how much formaldehyde solution would be needed to embalm bodies of different sizes.  Results for this kind of information leads to the data at the reference below (the 4.4 to 5.0 liters answers).  If you are asking if it is possible to find out the exact volume of blood in a specific living person, I do not know if the technology is currently available.
1007776
Somebody asked this yesterday and a dentist answered that yes, they are doing this in research laboratories. Apparently they can grow a new tooth in 5-6 years, but its still in the research stages. Kind of cool, huh?
267305
human body and molecular biology..
368422
I would have certain parts of me cloned, if I needed new ones, e.g. liver, kidney etc.
846528
I'm still undecided on stem cell therapy.  As of right now, I'm not down with cutting up an embryo for the sake of someone else.  BUT if someone in my family were to get sick and could benefit from stem cells, I'm sure I'd be all for it.  (so what, I'm a hypocrite :)\n\nAnd cloning people is just stupid.  Why would you do that? We already have enough people running around this world.  It's a waste.  And it would morally wrong to clone ppl just for their organs.  So, again, NO on the cloning.
327006
You're trying to say you have a synthetic chromosome. I would check all the experiments for contamination, and check the cells for endogenous expression before jumping to that conclusion. There are a lot of hurdles to leap, as mentioned in the other posts.
533869
If you are talking about cloning an entire human then I think you will find the majority will say "No". However, if when you ask this question you also mean partial cloning as in cloning of organs and such, I think the answer is most definitely "Yes". The reason being is that if we could clone particular organs, think of how many lives we could save. Now this is a touchy subject, but I think if anything we should be cloning or saving we should be all for stem cell research. Stem cell research is the one thing that truly gives cancer patients, and patients with serious diseases a chance to live. The cells are new fresh cells in the human body, often found in the placenta. Essentially these cells have no chemical "ID" tag. This tag is what viruses and cancer can usually spot and use advantageously to kill the human body. When a cell has no ID tag, the disease has a difficult time latching on and killing those cells. So I believe that we should be all for stem cell research and any kind of cloning relating to this. Personally I think we should go as far as cloning organs, however again, this is a touchy subject. So the answer ultimately being no to full human cloning, and yes to cloning for healing humans who are diseased and dying. Everyone deserves a second chance at life. People will disagree to that statement until they are the ones with the disease.
237003
Im a microbiologist working in a pathology lab.....its a bit slow at the moment - people are too healthy!
1020019
Working in the health care field I personally have mixed emotions. On a religious level it's just not natural to do.  However, if it were my children that needed a heart, kidney, etc. I'm certain I would consider medical professionals cloning them as a method of an exact match for replacement organs.
311052
A great and difficult question.  One has to determine the greater good for use of limited resources, and unfortunately some will be disappointed.  I was on a organ transplant committee for several years, we would review the patient (age, overall medical condition,family state, social factors, ect) and make a decision as who would have the greatest likely hood of not only surviving the procedure, but thriving with this precious gift.  It is a very difficult process, and a real strain on those personnel required to make those decisions.
623017
With the stuff they're experimenting with nowadays, I wouldn't be surprised.  For example, they are studying some reptiles that can regrow their body parts in an attempt to find a way for humans to regrow their organs.  I'm not a scientist, but this may be able to reanimate the body given the right conditions.
845462
I think you have to balance science and technology to stop them from interacting in a adverse way with our human development! You must remember that a lot of research and development is done under the commercial umbrella designed for profits and profits only! So the 'true' benefits to mankind are rather stunted under this system! A lot of laboratories are struggling! Under funded, and short of equipment that is needed to bring experiments to a successful conclusion for the betterment of mankind! Government departments are to blame for a lot of the problems besetting these research fields! All the time they are kept underfunded, Scientific research will suffer! Have a good day!
767308
It could open up reproductive possibilities for sterile couples. It could help reduce instances of genetic diseases such as Down's Syndrome or sickle cell anemia. Switching tracks a little, cloning individual organs (not whole humans) could help improve transplant stock, not only by creating more organs for transplant, but also by cutting down on instances of organ rejection. \n\nRemember, though: no one is talking about actually cloning humans these days. Those genetic experts who are involved in cloning projects are either concerned with animals, organs, or single-cell organisms. Hope this helps put the question into a little bit of perspective!