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20-10-2021, 09:49 AM

(20-10-2021, 09:19 AM)Levin Wrote: October 20, 2021
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By Nancy Lapid

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The procedure done at NYU Langone Health in New York City involved use of a pig whose genes had been altered so that its tissues no longer contained a molecule known to trigger almost immediate rejection.

The recipient was a brain-dead patient with signs of kidney dysfunction whose family consented to the experiment before she was due to be taken off of life support, researchers told Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthc...021-10-19/

It is found that a pig's organs are similar to a human's organ, thence an organ transplant from a pig is possible...only problem is how to not let the organ to be rejected by the human recipient.. Thinking

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US surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient - by Levin - 20-10-2021, 09:19 AM

RE: US surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient - by Yin yang - 20-10-2021, 09:30 AM

RE: US surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient - by Great - 20-10-2021, 09:39 AM

RE: US surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient - by debono - 20-10-2021, 09:49 AM

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RE: US surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient - by lvlrsSTI - 20-10-2021, 12:35 PM

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