Source: Newsday
Date: June 19, 2007
Summary:
Newsday reports Japanese researchers have created functioning kidneys in mice from stem cells derived from a mouse embryo:
"Using stem cells from a mouse embryo, Japanese scientists say they have generated functioning kidneys in three mice, an advance applauded yesterday by American scientists who see the development as a significant step toward stem cell-derived kidneys for humans. Hiromitsu Nakauchi of the University of Tokyo presented his studies yesterday in Australia at the International Society for Stem Cell Research. Mouse embryos engineered to lack a critical gene needed to grow their own kidneys were injected with stem cells before implantation into surrogate mothers. When the mice were born, they had functioning kidneys, Nakauchi told the meeting. Only one mouse had minor abnormalities."
