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Slashdot
Дата публікації:
17/12/2024 20:45
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http://www.vsinovyny.com/11539292
A Third Person Has Received a Transplant of a Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney
17/12/2024 20:45 // Slashdot
An Alabama woman became the third person to receive a pig kidney transplant, doctors at NYU Langone Health announced Tuesday. Towana Looney, 53, underwent the procedure on November 25 and was discharged December 6. Her kidney came from a pig with 10 genetic modifications designed to prevent organ rejection. The surgery follows two previous pig kidney transplants this year -- Richard Slayman at Massachusetts General Hospital, who died two months post-surgery from cardiac complications, and Lisa Pisano at NYU Langone, whose transplanted kidney was removed after 47 days due to blood flow issues.
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