In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the
laboratory in a bold attempt to make body parts using stem cells.
It is among several labs around the world, including in the U.S.,
that are
working on the futuristic idea of growing custom-made organs in the lab.
While only a handful of patients have received the British lab-made organs so
far— including tear ducts, blood vessels and windpipes — researchers hope they
will soon be able to transplant more types of body parts into patients,
including what would be the world's first nose made partly from stem cells.
Let see where the scientist led us to
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