Researchers perform first successful transplant of functional cryopreserved rat kidney

Jun 29, 2023

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In a groundbreaking new study, the Department of Surgery's Dr. Erik Finger & Joseph Sushil Rao, along with their research team, perform the first successful transplant of a functional cryopreserved rat kidney.

The research, published in Nature Communications, has the potential to save thousands of human lives by enabling long-term storage of organs for transplantation.