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Chimeric kidney

  • US 5,976,524 A
  • Filed: 02/11/1997
  • Issued: 11/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of increasing the nephron mass of a mammalian recipient comprising implanting at least one whole metanephros of an embryonic mammalian donor next to the recipient'"'"'s omentum or under the renal capsule of the recipient'"'"'s kidney under conditions that allow the metanephros to become vascularized, forming a chimeric kidney that produces urine and develops a ureter that facilitates externalization of the urine.

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