Restored live-donor kidneys provide new source of organs for transplantation
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In Japan, more than 260,000 patients receive maintenance hemodialysis, yet fewer than 200 deceased-donor kidney allografts are available for transplantation each year. This shortage has led Mannami et al. to investigate a new type of transplantation that involves the ex vivo restoration of live-donor kidneys.
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