From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 23 2002 - 10:25:38 MST
Robert wrote:
A new kidney may be of no use
> if it takes a pig 5-10 years to grow one (unless you can afford to
> grow up a spare supply in advance).
### If they grew them in mice, it couldn't have been much more than a year,
probably much less. You could transplant clusters of mini-kidneys to humans,
tide them over with dialysis, and then only make sure they don't overgrow
with time. You need only a fraction of the adult creatine clearance to keep
you off dialysis.
Rafal
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