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Growth of Embryonic Gut and Stomach on the Exterior Chest Wall of Adult Cortisone-treated Homologous Hosts

( Surgical Research Unit, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, and the Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, N.Y.)

Embryonic rabbit and rat gut can be grafted successfully on the exterior chest wall of their respective adult homologous hosts if the latter are conditioned with cortisone and, in the case of the rats, x-radiation as well. Limited work with rabbit embryo stomach, grafted on adult conditioned rabbits, has yielded a similar finding. The embryo tissues assume an adult type of morphology, both to the naked eye and microscopically. Grafts have been maintained in a healthy condition as long as 90 days, at which time the experiment was terminated.

^* Present address: Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, N.Y.

Received 3/26/57.