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Re:The Kidney Project successfully tests a prototype bioarti... by akoluthic on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @07:36AM (#28692395)
A miraculous breakthrough could be on two fronts: artificial "meat organs" for those whose life is at immediate risk and need a transplant, and regenerative biotech/medicine to repair those with damage without requiring surgery.

Either way, implanted devices can be a good bridge from our current situation.

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Re:The Kidney Project successfully tests a prototype bioarti... by esturk on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:05AM (#28694644)
And they are. One of the other 6 finalists were doing "Genetically-engineered pig kidney xenotransplantation". The idea is to "Genetically engineered pig kidneys that will increase the supply of transplantable organs by eliminating the antibody barrier to xenotransplantation."
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