Man in end-stage kidney failure receives kidney from genetically modified pig.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/health/p ... index.html
Update: Discharged from hospital!
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/health/p ... index.html
This is huge. Not only will it eliminate the shortage of organs for transplants, but because the swine doner gets modified with the patient's DNA, it eliminates or greatly reduces the chance of rejection.
The company that developed this is also working on the same process for hearts and livers.
https://www.forbes.com.au/news/innovati ... vers-next/
World's First Xenotransplantation Patient Discharged From Hospital
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Awesome. (seriously)
I've always aspired to be a pig at heart.
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Still waiting on those gorilla soldiers I ordered from Stalinist Russia.
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This is just the beginning...
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