A Regenerated Kidney that Works (Transplanted in Rats)
July 2, 2013 | Terry Sharrer
Bioengineered Rat Kidney
A few years ago, Doris Taylor at the University of Minnesota recreated a rat’s beating heart on a collagen scaffold with implanted cells. Now, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have used the same technique to regenerate a rat’s kidney that produced urine both in vitro and in vivo. The tissue culturing took only 12 days. MORE
Image Credit: Ott Laboratory, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hosptial
