‘Discarded kidneys can be recycled to produce organs’

Researchers have found that human kidneys discarded for transplant can potentially serve as a natural “scaffolding material” for manufacturing replacement organs in the lab using regenerative medicine techniques.

Researchers have found that human kidneys discarded for transplant can potentially serve as a natural “scaffolding material” for manufacturing replacement organs in the lab using regenerative medicine techniques.

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According to the researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues, more than 2,600 donor kidneys are discarded each year in the US.

“With about 100,000 people in the US awaiting kidney transplants, it is devastating when an organ is donated but cannot be used,” said Giuseppe Orlando,lead author.