Thursday, August 17, 2023

A Gene-Hacked Pig Kidney Has Worked in a Brain Dead Human for a Month

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-gene-hacked-pig-kidney-has-worked-in-a-brain-dead-human-for-a-month?ref=home

A genetically engineered pig kidney transplanted into a brain dead man continues to function after 32 days—marking the longest time such a kidney has worked in a human being and another milestone in the emerging field of xenotransplantation (the transplanting of organs from one species to another).

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