Welcome to the body shop (Image: Volker Moehrke/Corbis) A brand new rat kidney being built on the scaffold of an old one (Image: Ott Lab, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital)
Editorial: “What happens when hearts become spare parts?“
MADE-to-measure kidney? Check. Even hearts and lungs could be available one day. For the first time, a kidney grown entirely in the lab has been transplanted and shown to work. The breakthrough is likely to open the door for other bioengineered organs.
It’s early days – the transplant took place in a rat – but an attempt in humans is on the horizon.…
