- A pig’s kidney was successfully implanted into the brain of a human patient who was brain dead by surgeons at the New York University Langone Transplant Institute, and they reported that it had been functioning normally for more than a month.
- Even though the patient was dead, this was the longest time a pig kidney has ever worked in a human.
- The genetically altered kidney has a gene removed that creates macromolecules that the immune systems of humans target and reject. The findings offer “further assurances” for future research on patients who are still alive.
- Cross-species transplants might possibly aid the many people who are in need of potentially life-saving organs. In the US, there are now over 103,000 persons in need of organ transplants, 88,000 of whom need kidneys. Each year, thousands of individuals pass away while waiting.
- The discovery was made possible by the transplantation of a pig kidney into the body of Maurice “Mo” Miller, a man whose family gave his corpse to science after his untimely death at the age of 57. As the trial enters its second month, researchers will keep an eye on it.
- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is debating whether to permit limited, selected trials involving the transplantation of pig hearts and kidneys into healthy volunteers. Successes like the NYU experiment may aid in advancing these initiatives.
- A pig’s kidney was successfully implanted into the brain of a human patient who was brain dead by surgeons at the New York University Langone Transplant Institute, and they reported that it had been functioning normally for more than a month.
- Even though the patient was dead, this was the longest time a pig kidney has ever worked in a human.
- The genetically altered kidney has a gene removed that creates macromolecules that the immune systems of humans target and reject. The findings offer “further assurances” for future research on patients who are still alive.
- Cross-species transplants might possibly aid the many people who are in need of potentially life-saving organs. In the US, there are now over 103,000 persons in need of organ transplants, 88,000 of whom need kidneys. Each year, thousands of individuals pass away while waiting.
- The discovery was made possible by the transplantation of a pig kidney into the body of Maurice “Mo” Miller, a man whose family gave his corpse to science after his untimely death at the age of 57. As the trial enters its second month, researchers will keep an eye on it.
- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is debating whether to permit limited, selected trials involving the transplantation of pig hearts and kidneys into healthy volunteers. Successes like the NYU experiment may aid in advancing these initiatives.
