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A team at Toronto General Hospital is using an “ex-vivo” machine to preserve and rejuvenate kidneys by mimicking the conditions inside the body prior to transplant. Its use could make more kidney transplants possible. About five per cent of patients die while on the waiting list in Ontario every year.
1. The average adult kidney is about 4.5 inches long and weighs about 5 ounces (140 gm). 2. The main functions of the kidneys are blood purification and waste elimination. 3. Every hour around 120 pints of blood flow through our kidneys. That’s about 25 per cent of all the blood pumped by the heart. […]
