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Human kidneys have been partially grown in pigs for the first time

Early kidney structures made of mostly human cells have been grown in pig embryos for up to 28 days as part of efforts to grow human organs in other animals for transplants

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OrganEx technology reverses certain deleterious effects of prolonged ischemia. Representative images of electrocardiogram tracings in the heart(top), immunostainings for albumin in the liver(middle),and actin in the kidney(bottom).The images on the left side represent the organs subjected to a control perfusion, while the images on the right represents the organs subjected to perfusion with theOrganEx technology. Tissue integrity and certain cellular functions have been restored by theOrganEx technology one hour after circulatory arrest.

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Blood substitute repairs damaged organs hours after heart stops

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Time to drop the outdated and unfair anonymity rule in organ donation

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Time to drop the outdated and unfair anonymity rule in organ donation

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Watch as a pig heart is transplanted into a human for the first time

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Watch as a pig heart is transplanted into a human for the first time

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Pig heart is prepared for transplant

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How a pig heart was transplanted into a human for the first time

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Lungs

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Damaged human lungs revived for transplant by connecting them to a pig

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A shortage of donor organs mean many people die on waiting lists

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Slimming down fatty livers in the lab could boost donor organ supply

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Human genes have been added to pigs to create skin for transplants

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A surgeon connects a liver to the machine

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Machine seems to repair human livers and keep them alive for a week

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