Mankind has always sought to use the riches of nature for its own good. And with each passing day technologies are developing, and science is moving farther and farther. Even now, while we are chatting with you, in different laboratories scientists are making brilliant discoveries. Well, or they grow strange things. Something, and they know how!
1. A bacterium that consumes plastic
Japanese researchers managed to remove bacteria that are eaten by plastic. More precisely, polyethylene terephthalate. I would like to believe that such microorganisms will spread around the world, and the amount of plastic waste will be drastically reduced.
2. Blood stem cells
In 2017, scientists managed to extract stem cells necessary for the production of blood. And this is a real breakthrough. If it is possible to produce blood, medicine can effectively treat leukemia, and even in hospitals there will always be enough material for transfusion.
3. Leather
As a rule, it is made from cow's skin, but Modern Meadow said its experts are growing the material in the laboratory. This is due to a special strain of yeast. Microorganisms produce collagen, due to which the skin gets the necessary rigidity and elasticity.
4. Two-headed dog
In 1954, a team of Soviet scientist Vladimir Demikhov performed 23 operations to transplant a dog's head to the body of another dog. In 1959, the experiment was crowned with success. Both heads were alive. After the operation, the double-headed dog lived for four days. And although this experiment provokes ambivalent feelings, in the future it can prove to be very useful and open up new opportunities for saving lives.
5. Mammary glands
The researchers grew them in a Petri dish to study the development of breast cancer.
6. Ear on the back of the rodent
At the University of Tokyo, scientists have managed to grow a human ear on the back of a rodent. The experiment was made possible by the use of stem cells.
7. The human trachea
From the stem cells, a human trachea was also grown, which was subsequently transplanted to the oncological patient, in whom the tumor blocked the airways.
8. The rat foot
Surgeon Harald Ott in laboratory conditions from living cells was able to grow a rat limb. The next experiment should be the cultivation of the primate's paw. And if it goes well, then this technology can replace amputation.
9. The Mosquito
Why, ask, grow these insects? The fact is that laboratory mosquitoes carry bacteria killing mosquitoes, which, in turn, are carriers of serious diseases.
10. The beating heart
Scottish scientists have learned to grow small beating hearts in the laboratory.
11. Diesel from bacteria
Just imagine, you're running your electric car with bacteria! Miracles that are about to become reality. In 2013, scientists came up with a way to produce biodiesel from E. coli bacteria.
12. Clothes
If the lab can make the skin, why not try to bring out other materials. The company Biocouture took this idea into service and began to produce clothes made from sugar. When such a subject of wardrobe gets bored, it can safely be thrown into the garbage with the remains of food.
13. Diamonds
You can not even imagine how many "laboratory" diamonds have already hit the shelves of jewelry stores. The stones are so qualitative that they are recognized even by eminent jewelers.
14. Pig bones
Scientists from the University of Michigan managed to grow a pig from the cells. Subsequently, it was used to restore the jaw of the animal. If future research is equally successful, the idea can be used not only in veterinary medicine, but also in medicine.
15. Hamburgers
Attempts to cook an "artificial" hamburger have been conducted since 2008. Success was achieved only in 2013.
16. Human skin
In Japan, scientists were able to find a way to grow skin with hair follicles and sebaceous glands.
Chimeric embryo
Scientists from the University of Salk have created an embryo, which consists of pig and human cells. The experiment turned out to be controversial, but it demonstrates the possibility of human cells to divide into alien organisms.
18. Ear from an apple
Canadian scientists have found that the gene modification of the apple allows you to grow from the fruit of the ear. And on one organ they do not intend to stop.
19. The Rabbit Penis
Here everything is simple: the organ was grown from the rabbit's cells, and then it was transplanted to the rodent. Presumably, this technology can help children born with defects.
20. Mouse sperm
Chinese scientists were able to replace the stem cells of mice with sperm cells. Of course, the technology still needs improvement, but it is possible that one day it will be an effective way to treat male infertility.
21. Corals
Scientists came up with how to grow them in a test tube. And this is a very useful discovery, as coral reefs are rapidly thinning out.
22. Bladder
The first samples were grown from children's bladder cells.
23. The vagina
Cultivation of this organ in the laboratory will allow to treat birth defects, in which the vagina and uterus are underdeveloped. The results of the experiment were transplanted by the experimental and safely caught on.
24. Ovaries
They were grown to a mature state and can theoretically be fertilized.
25. The brain
Not so long ago, scientists began to grow small balls ... of the brain. Studying them and developing this direction in the future can help in the fight against diseases such as Alzheimer's, for example.