A genetically modified pig kidney has been transplanted, for the second time in history, into a patient in the US who was also fitted with a heart pump, in a ground-breaking combination that represents a new step for a field that has seen leaps and bounds in recent years. Xenotransplantation – transplanting animal tissue into humans – could be a solution to the chronic shortage of organs and give hope to tens of thousands of people on waiting lists for a compatible transplant. “We have combined two wonders of modern medicine in a new way,” said Dr. Robert Montgomery of NYU Langone Hospital in New York at a press conference. As he said, “it is a new important step on our way to make vital organs available to all those who need them.” The patient, Laiza Pisano, aged 54, suffered from heart and kidney failure. She could not be fitted with a heart pump because the mortality rate is too high for people who undergo it […]
Source: News Beast
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