US surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient

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NEW YORK: For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient\u0027s immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant. The procedure done at NYU Langone Health in

NEW YORK: For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient's immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant.

For three days, the new kidney was attached to her blood vessels and maintained outside her body, giving researchers access to it. The recipient's abnormal creatinine level - an indicator of poor kidney function - returned to normal after the transplant, Montgomery said. Montgomery's team theorised that knocking out the pig gene for a carbohydrate that triggers rejection - a sugar molecule, or glycan, called alpha-gal - would prevent the problem.

A genetically engineered pig kidney is cleaned and prepared for transplantation to a human at NYU Langone in New York, in this undated handout photo. Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone.

 

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