@MicroWave to News • 1 year agoPig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplantsabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square11arrow-up1147arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkPig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplantsabcnews.go.com@MicroWave to News • 1 year agomessage-square11file-text
New York surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•1 year agoI’m betting that we’ll be able to clone organs before this is ever a truly viable option. It might be used as a stop gap until an organ is grown, but I seriously doubt it’ll be a main course of treatment.
minus-squareUFOlinkfedilink2•1 year agoI think you’re right but I also bet there is overlapping technology between the two.
I’m betting that we’ll be able to clone organs before this is ever a truly viable option. It might be used as a stop gap until an organ is grown, but I seriously doubt it’ll be a main course of treatment.
I think you’re right but I also bet there is overlapping technology between the two.