A Human Kidney Made from Stem Cells!

Scientists have found a way to create a kidney from stem cells, completely generated from the host's body. They start off as an unborn baby's size and then grow to a complete human size when they are inserted in the body. They are created using human amniotic fluid and animal fetal cells. The amniotic fluid is collected once a baby is born to be used for this process. The benefits of this sort of breakthrough is definitely the fact that chances of rejection would be eliminated, since the kidney would be generated from the person's own body.

This article was very interesting to me since stem cells have been so massively talked about in the SNBAL discussions we've had in class. Also, kidneys are very delicate organs and since dialysis is a very consuming and tiring process, the chance of having regrown kidneys in the body would be a very healthy and safer alternative. Therefore, this progress is a very good one towards helping people find alternatives to kidney failure.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8443740/Scientists-create-human-kidneys-from-stem-cells.html