From: Greg Burch (gregburch@gregburch.net)
Date: Mon Dec 23 2002 - 06:50:57 MST
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=3639
76&dir=505&host=3
"Scientists grown entire kidneys in laboratory mice using human stem
cells in a development that raises the prospect of growing full-sized
human organs in pigs - a breakthrough that would alleviate the worldwide
shortage of kidneys for transplant operations.
An Israeli team led by Professor Yair Reisner of the Weizmann Institute
of Science in Rehovot grew miniature human kidneys inside the body
cavities of mice in which human kidney stem cells had been transplanted.
The kidneys were fully functional and produced urine."
-- more in original article
Greg Burch
Vice-President, Extropy Institute
http://www.gregburch.net
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