Lab manufactured body parts will soon replace transplant donors | 60 Minutes Australia

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It's a glimpse of the future, a living, breathing heart built from scratch in a laboratory. It's a major breakthrough, a vital step towards custom-made human body parts for transplants. Now, say you had a serious heart of kidney disease. There will be no more waiting months or years for a donor. Your doctor will simply order a new organ designed especially for you. Imagine what that would mean to the thousands of Australians now on the list for organ transplants. And as you'll see, this isn't some scientist's crazy dream. It's already happening.

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