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Pig kidney transplanted to human patient - BioEdge

Pig kidney transplanted to human patient - BioEdge

Pig kidney transplanted to human patient - BioEdge
Oct 24, 2021 54 secs

Pig kidney transplanted to human patient.

The first transplant of a genetically engineered, non-human kidney to a human body was recently completed at NYU Langone Health, marking a major step forward towards an alternative supply of organs.

The kidney was obtained from a genetically engineered pig and transplanted into a brain-dead donor, a woman, who had been kept alive on a ventilator.

Additionally, the pig’s thymus gland, which is responsible for “educating” the immune system, was transplanted with the kidney to stave off novel immune responses to the pig kidney.  .

“If the science and experimentation continue to move ahead positively, we could be close to kidney xenotransplantation into a living human being

Similar experiments with primates have also shown promising results, but as Parsia Vagefi, a transplant surgeon at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, commented, “It’s a proof of principle but it didn’t really move the needle in terms of the science.” The real test is whether a pig’s kidney can survive for years in a human recipient

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