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Title: Lab grown kidneys
Post by: lainiepop on January 19, 2016, 12:18:12 PM

http://www.kidneybuzz.com/lab-grown-kidneys-proven-to-work-now-moving-to-being-viable-option-for-ckd-dialysis-patients/2015/9/28/lab-grown-kidneys-proven-to-work-now-moving-to-being-viable-option-for-ckd-dialysis-patients

Lab-Grown Kidneys Proven To Work: Now Moving To Being Viable Option For CKD & Dialysis Patients
Researchers recently reported that they have successfully grown kidneys in a lab, connected them to "excretion systems," and noted that they "function and grow properly" in both rats and pigs. This is a massive step forward for the over 600,000 patients in the United States conducting Dialysis including the 120,000+ people waiting on the Kidney Transplant List.

Title: Re: Lab grown kidneys
Post by: PrimeTimer on January 22, 2016, 08:27:22 PM

I pray that this becomes a viable reality for humans -and soon.  :pray;