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Scientists from Singapore have discovered a possible dietary supplement that could improve recovery after acute kidney injury (AKI). The finding, published in the Journal of Lipid Research, is the result of a long-running research program at Duke-NUS Medical School investigating how cells take up a
A lab-made antibody could one day make organ transplants less of an ordeal, recent research suggests. In experiments with nonhuman primates, the antibody appeared to be safe and effective at preventing the rejection of transplanted kidneys and pancreatic cells. Scientists hope that this treatment could reduce or even eliminate the need for lifelong anti-rejection drugs with certain kinds of transplants.
Scientists have for the first time grown a “humanised” organ with both animal and human cells inside another species.
How much could you spend to save your life? $10 now? $20,000? every dollar you have and you'd be willing to borrow? the tens of thousands of americans on a kidney transplant waiting list is not a question. there is a robust international market for human kidneys. trade is illegal but not inaccessible and many desperate patients unable to find volunteers turn to doctors willing to transplant organs purchased on an open market. while the relatively wealthy wrestle with what they will spend to save their lives, impoverished workers in underdeveloped nations face the question of what their vital o...