This is amazing #tech.
“They have shown for the first time that #kidney #cells, housed in an implantable device called a #bioreactor, can survive inside the body of a pig and mimic several important #kidney functions. The device can work quietly in the background, like a pacemaker, and does not trigger the recipient’s #immune system to go on the attack.” https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2023/08/426056/can-artificial-kidney-finally-free-patients-dialysis