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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: News Articles => Topic started by: lunadatura on February 19, 2014, 11:07:29 PM

Title: repairing your existing kidneys is being researched at harvard
Post by: lunadatura on February 19, 2014, 11:07:29 PM

http://www.hsci.harvard.edu/newsroom/kidney-repair-shop

Title: Re: repairing your existing kidneys is being researched at harvard
Post by: MooseMom on February 20, 2014, 10:10:35 AM

Here is some more recent research.  I heard about this on TV just a few weeks ago, and it's very exciting.  The idea is that if you can get a damaged solid organ to work up to at least 25% capacity, then that would be enough for the patient to have a good quality of life.  Thanks for your post, lunadatura!  I think this is a very promising area of research.

http://www.renalandurologynews.com/stem-turned-kidney-cells-pave-path-to-organ-regeneration/article/326932/

Title: Re: repairing your existing kidneys is being researched at harvard
Post by: galvo on February 20, 2014, 03:44:27 PM

Wow! These articles are amazing. So much research and now the results are coming in. Is there hope?

Title: Re: repairing your existing kidneys is being researched at harvard
Post by: Whamo on May 06, 2014, 08:38:31 AM

There's always hope, but realistically, it's over the rainbow, years away from development.  It can't come soon enough to save everyone a ton of money, and save kidney patients the pain.