A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said.

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  • happybadger [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    rat-salute-2

    important sentence:

    "We have no indication that it was the result of his recent transplant."

  • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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    7 months ago

    They tried this with a monkey kidney too. Xeno transplants are hard because of hormones differences (I guess the genetic modification here was supposed to help). We just know so so little in medicine and biology in general.