Published 3 years ago

In a First, Surgeons Attached a Pig Kidney to a Human — and It Worked

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Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.

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Times of India

In a first, surgeons attached a pig kidney to a human — and it worked

Although many questions remain to be answered about the long-term consequences of the transplant, which involved a brain-dead patient followed only for 54 hours, experts in the field said the procedure represented a milestone.

3 years ago·India

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BBC News

The historic transplant to a human of the kidney of a genetically modified pig - BBC News World

The experimental procedure opens the door to the possibility of having enough organs in the future to meet the demands of transplants, but it also raises ethical doubts.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

Surgeon transplants a pig's kidney into a brain-dead human in groundbreaking surgery

Robert Montgomery, a New York transplant surgeon, conducted a successful surgery that transplanted a pig's kidney into a brain-dead human

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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News18 India

Success in fitting pig kidney to humans - American doctors record!

Doctors say the approval of the American Medicine and Dietetic Association is mandatory for each study.

3 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient

Researchers in US say trial on dead person is a ‘significant step’ toward animal-to-human organ transplantsSurgeons have attached a pig’s kidney to a human and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.Pigs have been the most recent research focus to address the organ shortage, but a sugar in their cells, which is foreign to the human body, causes immediate organ re…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

U.S. surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient

For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient's immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant.

3 years ago·Canada

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