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The kidney has the potential to grow back (regenerate) or repair itself provided that the damage is not too severe and the organ's structure has not been destroyed. In the cases of irreversible damage, as in chronic renal failure and long-term dialysis, self-renewal is totally lost and the only option is transplantation. Over 350,000 people in the U.S. fit the latter descriptor.

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