Researchers Say They Have Used Stem Cells To Grow Human Kidney Tissue.

AFP-Relaxnews  (1/25) reports, "Researchers in Japan said Wednesday they have succeeded in growing human kidney tissue from stem cells for the first time in a potential breakthrough for millions with damaged organs who are dependent on dialysis." One of the researchers, "Kenji Osafune of Kyoto University, said his team had managed to take stem cells...and nudge them specifically in the direction of kidney tissue." He "said they had succeeded in generating intermediate mesoderm tissue from the stem cells, a middle point between the blank slate and the finished kidney tissue."