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First person to receive a pig kidney

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transplant has died. The. Hospital that

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carried out the procedure two months prior says

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there's no indication that the transplant was related

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to his death. By. Emily mine.

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Richard. Rick slain in the first

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person to receive a kidney from a

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genetically modified pig. Has. Died almost

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two months after the transplant. He.

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Was sixty two. The. Historic

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procedure was carried out on March

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sixteen that Massachusetts General Hospital. In.

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A statement released on May eleventh at the

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hospital said it had no indication that layman's

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death was the result of the pig kidney

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transplant. Slim. And had

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previously received a kidney from a human donor and

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twenty eighteen. but it began to fail. And Twenty

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Twenty. Three. He. Was a

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candidate for another human kidney transplant, but

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because of a shortage of available organs.

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He. Would have likely waited years to receive one.

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Kidneys, Are the most needed of all

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donor organs. with nearly ninety thousand people in

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the Us alone waiting to receive one. For.

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Decades researchers have been interested in the

2:18

idea of using animal organs to address

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this problem. Flame. As

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doctors suggested a pig kidney

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transplant after months of dialysis

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complications, In. Dialysis: A machine to

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next to a major blood vessel

2:31

to remove waste in excess fluid

2:33

when the kidneys stopped functioning. But.

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Slay mans blood vessels kept clotting

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and failing. Lending. Him in

2:40

the hospital regularly and significantly impacting is

2:42

quality of life. Pick.

2:44

Kidney transplants had been tested only and

2:46

recently deceased individuals up until then. Flaming

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was the first person to receive one. I

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saw it not only as a way to help

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me, but away to provide hope for the thousands

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of people who need a transplant to survive. Slim

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and said in a hospital statements in March. In.

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A press conference on March Twenty First

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Flame and Surgical Team reported that the

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kidney had started working normally shortly after

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it was in place. About.

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A week after the transplant, however,

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doctors noticed initial signs of rejection.

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They. Were able to treat Slim and quickly

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with drugs to counteract. this, and afterward he

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was doing so well that he was released

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from the hospital. No. Further details

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are known about Layman's condition after

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his discharge. When. Contacted by Wired,

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a spokesperson for Massachusetts General said the

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hospital could not provide any other information

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at this time. A

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second living person as fifty four year old

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at least. Supplies are no. Received.

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A genetically engineered pig kidney last

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month. That. Surgery which also included

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transplanting the pigs time as bland was

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carried out at N Y U Llangollen

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Health. Transplanting organs

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from one species to another is

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known as the know transplantation. The

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primary hurdle with using pig organs

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and people is the human immune

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system which record night as animal

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tissue as foreign and rejected. To.

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Address this in compatibility. Scientists have

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turned to genetic engineering inflame and

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case surgeons used a pig with

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sixty nine genetic edits created by

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He Genesis, the Biotech Company in

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Cambridge, Massachusetts. The. Edits: Removed

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harmful pig jeans and added certain

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human ones. In. The

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New York case pies are no. Received

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a kidney from a pig with a

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single genetic at it produced by River

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Core in Virginia. Her doctors are instead

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relying on the implanting of the pigs

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timeless and organ that's part of the

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immune system to help prevent rejection. Patients.

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That get pig transplants will also need to

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take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of their

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lives to reduce the risk of rejection. In.

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Two Thousand and Twenty Two and Two

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Thousand and Twenty Three Surgeons at the

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University of Maryland tried transplanting hearts from

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gene edited pigs into to patients who

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were not eligible for human ones. In.

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Those cases takes with ten genetic edits

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for used. Both. Individuals died

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around two months after their transplants.

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In. A statement released by Mass General

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Slay Months family said they feel comforted

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by the optimism he provided other patients

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who are waiting for transplant. His

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legacy will be one that inspires

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patients, researchers, and health professionals everywhere.

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