Breakthrough in Kidney Transplants
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 has 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.
This pioneering technology could be a significant step toward repairing damaged organs before transplantation, using a device that preserves the kidney alive and oxygenated outside the body.
The world’s first functional human-pig hybrid kidney
Author's summary: Pigs receive kidney transplants grown with human tissue.