Breakthrough in Kidney Transplantation
Researchers have achieved a major medical breakthrough by creating human kidney organoids and transplanting them into pigs.
A team from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) in Spain successfully combined human kidney organoids with pig kidneys and transplanted them back into the same animal, creating the world's first functional human-pig hybrid kidney.
The technology uses a normothermic perfusion machine to preserve the kidney alive and oxygenated outside the body.
This pioneering technology could be a significant step toward repairing damaged organs before transplantation.
Author's summary: Pigs receive kidney transplants grown with human tissue.
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