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Growing transplant organs

Optimal Time Windows for Successful Embryonic Tissue Transplant
15.02.2005

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science have determined distinct gestational time windows for the growth of...

Left to right: Ph.D. student Benny Dekel and Prof. Yair Reisner. Timing is everything
01.05.2003
Patients in need of kidneys might be able to grow new ones in the future
Top (arrow): Transplant of a human kidney originating from an 8-week old embryo, 8 weeks after transplantation. Bottom: Tissue sections of the kidney transplant at varying magnifications indicating differentiation into various cell structures.
23.12.2002
Transplanted tissue could offer a solution to kidney donor shortage
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