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First fetus-to-fetus transplant in rats

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[ad_1] Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The transplanted tissue grew into a kidney with identifiable parts, and the host’s blood vessels began infiltrating it.Credit: K. Morimoto et al./bioRxiv Surgeons have transplanted kidney tissue from one rat fetus to another, while the … Read more

First fetus-to-fetus transplant demonstrated in rats

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[ad_1] Surgeons in Japan have transplanted kidney tissue from one rat fetus to another, while the recipient was still in its mother’s womb. Study lead Takashi Yokoo, a nephrologist at Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo, says the surgery is the first step to one day transplanting fetal pig kidneys into human fetuses that … Read more