Voice of America: Bioengineered Kidney a Possible Solution to Donor-Organ Crisis

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Bioengineered Kidney a Possible Solution to Donor-Organ Crisis Apr 16th 2013, 23:26 Scientists in Boston, Massachusetts, have for the first time bioengineered a functioning rat kidney, a development that could eventually change the lives of humans on lengthy organ-transplant waiting lists.  But some experts are concerned the technology could run up against a lengthy regulatory process.  In the United States alone, an estimated 17,000 people a year with end-stage kidney disease are able to receive a life-saving donor organ.  But that's only a fraction of the ... Media files: CA008903-F99E-446B-847D-1717024BDEF8_cx0_cy18_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions