Kidney Transplant Pigs Are The Future | Organ Transplant

<p>Hey Identifier, <br> Surgeons in New York City successfully attached a pig kidney to a human patient and watched the pinkish organ function normally for 54 hours. While such procedures have been done in nonhuman primates, this is the first time that a pig kidney has been transplanted to a human body and not been immediately rejected. <br> <br> The procedure, announced in a news conference October 21, marks progress toward the goal of drastically expanding the supply of life-saving organs. Millions of people around the world are waiting for donated organs, many of which never come.<br> <br> While the details of the procedure have not yet been peer reviewed nor published in a journal, “it’s a significant step,” says Megan Sykes, an immunologist at Columbia University who wasn’t involved in the research. But there are many more steps to be taken before patients waiting for a kidney can easily get one from a pig, she says.<br> <br> Here are answers to some basic questions about the milestone.<br> <br> #kidneytransplant #organTransplant #pigtransplant<br> Leave us a Voice Mail or Support <br> https://anchor.fm/the-identity-booth/message<br> https://anchor.fm/the-identity-booth/support<br> <br> Sub to the channel here<br> https://www.twitch.tv/theidentitybooth<br> <br> Donate<br> https://streamlabs.com/projecteto/tip<br> <br> The Goal: Try to Identify with you as you try to Identify with me. <br> <br> Find Heero &nbsp;<br> here: https://linktr.ee/the_identity_Booth<br> Find Eric<br> here: https://www.instagram.com/etfactz/?hl=en<br> Take Care</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-identity-booth/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/the-identity-booth/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/the-identity-booth/support</a>