US surgeons transplanted pig kidney into patient for the first time, hospital says
Time:2024-05-08 02:19:56 Source:entertainmentViews(143)
NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors in Boston have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient, the latest experiment in the quest to use animal organs in humans.
Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday that it’s the first time a genetically modified pig kidney has been transplanted into a living person. Previously, pig kidneys have been temporarily transplanted into brain-dead donors. Also, two men received heart transplants from pigs, although both died within months.
The patient, Richard “Rick” Slayman of Weymouth, Massachusetts, is recovering well from the surgery last Saturday and is expected to be discharged soon, doctors said Thursday.
Dr. Tatsuo Kawai, the transplant surgeon, said the team believes the pig kidney will work for at least two years. If it fails, Slayman could go back on dialysis, said kidney specialist Dr. Winfred Williams. He noted that unlike the pig heart recipients who were very sick, Slayman is “actually quite robust.”
Previous:Lando Norris' model girlfriend keeps quiet over his Miami Grand Prix F1 win... as ex
Next:I was sent an explicit photo by a stranger on my birthday so I took hilarious revenge on him
You may also like
- 76ers president Daryl Morey has big plans to build NBA title team around Embiid and Maxey
- New Penn State coordinators Kotelnicki and Allen encouraged as spirited spring drills wrap up
- A ticking bomb
- China renews blue alert for strong winds
- The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel
- Oldest living conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell, die at 62
- Certainty of China's development augurs well for the world
- Man City's Rodri on the bench against Luton after saying he needs 'a rest'
- Who is youngest