Animal-to-human transplants could become a way to ease the nation’s organ shortage. About 89,000 people, the vast majority of people waiting for an organ transplant, need a kidney.
–- but he survived only two months as the organ failed for reasons that aren’t completely clear.
“We have learned a great deal throughout these past two months of close observation and analysis, and there is great reason to be hopeful for the future,” Montgomery said in a statement. “None of this would have been possible without the incredible support we received from the family of our deceased recipient. Thanks to them, we have been able to gain critical insight into xenotransplantation as a hopeful solution to the national organ shortage.
“We’re gaining critical evidence about how well pig kidneys work in the human environment,” Dr. Adam Griesemer, surgical director of the NYU Langone Pediatric Liver Transplant Program and the Living Donor Transplant Program, said at a news conference last month.
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Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplantsFor a history-making two months, a pig's kidney worked normally inside a brain-dead man
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Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplantsFor a history-making two months, a pig's kidney worked normally inside a brain-dead man
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Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplantsFor a history-making two months, a pig's kidney worked normally inside a brain-dead man.
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Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplantsFor a history-making two months, a pig's kidney worked normally inside a brain-dead man.
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