First fetus-to-fetus transplant demonstrated in rats: The tissue developed into functioning kidneys and produced urine.
First fetus-to-fetus kidney tissue transplant with rats successful: In a “first of its kind” project, surgeons in Japan transplanted kidney tissue from one rat fetus to another that was still in the womb, said Study Leader Takashi Yokoo, a Nephrologist at Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo. The advancement is a step toward the transplantation of fetal pig kidneys into human fetuses.