"I need a lung, a heart, and a trachea please!"

Cells of thyroid have been lately created in laboratories by assemblies of scientists; besides, from the skin of a woman’s arm, some others have been able to create a new ear, and were awarded a Nobel Prize for figuring out how to reprogram cells so that they can turn into a variety of cells types. This is clear substantiation that creations of man may have added a new item to the list: human parts.

Donor organs may become an outdated practice—or at least something not that essential anymore; waiting an eternity for a transplant would a thing from the past. To use the patient’s cell for his/her own benefit would mean that recipients would be less likely—or not likely at all—to reject the new parts; moreover, moral debates would be outwitted.

The director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Anthony Atala, states that examiners have been able to grow flat tissues such as skin, concave organs as the bladder, and tubular compositions like blood vessels; moreover, Atala explained that technical journalism began to bring up the topic of growing new organs back in the 30’s, yet the application of this concept is a recent event.

Creating these complex organs is a procedure that consists in taking out cells from the proposed recipient, which usually come from the area that needs to be cured; numerous assemblies of scientists around the world have been developing strategies for making this possible. The latest achievements are sperm, red blood cells, eggs, and a human trachea.

Would you rather trust these “manufactured” organs for saving your life or a loved one’s or stick to the idea of donating?