Scientists successfully transplant lab-grown lungs into pigs

The procedure brings scientists closer to one day providing bioengineered lungs for humans

bioengineered lungs in a bioreactor tank

CUSTOM-MADE Pigs implanted with bioengineered lungs (like the one growing inside the bioreactor tank above) showed no signs of rejection after the transplant.

Jean Niles, Joaquin Cortiella and Joan Nichols

For the first time, researchers have created lungs in the lab and successfully transplanted them into pigs.