Pig Kidney Works A Record 2 Months In Donated Body

[belter]

https://apnews.com/article/pig-kidney-transplant-xenotransplant-83dfb5e6d022ca72039a821cc6bc00ef

[spondylosaurus]

If I'm understanding correctly: it sounds like the kidney was still working, they just chose to end the experiment after two months. Which is amazing!

[sigmar → spondylosaurus]

The link in the article "After wrestling with the choice" has more coverage of the procedure. It says they initially only intended to have the experiment last a month, but it was going so well that they asked permission of his sister to delay the memorial and extend one more month.

[spondylosaurus → sigmar]

Ah, that makes sense. Very kind of his sister to grant them permission; I think this research will help a lot of people someday.

[mortureb → spondylosaurus]

I’m confused. They say he was dead. Was the kidney working for two months in a deceased body?

[spondylosaurus → mortureb]

Sort of. They implanted the kidney in a man who was brain dead, but not dead dead. So the kidney worked, just not in a true living recipient.

[hulitu → spondylosaurus]

> So the kidney worked, just not in a true living recipient

In the spirit of "the operation was a success, but the patient is dead" or "the launch was a success but the rocket crashed" or "the self driving car needs a driver". /s

[pazimzadeh]

This is great news. Thank you Mo Miller.

[FirmwareBurner → pazimzadeh]

Thank you pigs for being so similar to us surface monkeys.

[hulitu → FirmwareBurner]

The pig's liver gave up after 2 months. /s