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    Er bekam eine Schweinenierentransplantation. Jetzt müssen Ärzte dafür sorgen, dass es funktioniert


    Er bekam eine Schweinenierentransplantation. Jetzt müssen Ärzte dafür sorgen, dass es funktioniert

    https://www.wired.com/story/pig-kidney-transplant-discharge-ongoing-care/

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    1. wiredmagazine on

      By Emily Mullin:

      Richard Slayman made history on March 16 by becoming the first living person to receive a genetically edited pig kidney. This week, the 62-year-old Massachusetts resident reached another milestone by being discharged from the hospital after his groundbreaking procedure. Now comes the hard part: making sure his transplanted organ keeps working.

      Slayman was on dialysis for end-stage kidney disease when he underwent the four-hour surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. He said getting to leave the hospital was “one of the happiest moments” of his life, according to a statement released by the hospital. Now, he’s recovering at home. “I’m excited to resume spending time with my family, friends, and loved ones free from the burden of dialysis that has affected my quality of life for many years,” Slayman said in the statement.

      A shortage of human donor organs has led researchers to investigate pigs as a potential source. Two patients previously received heart transplants from gene-edited pigs, the first in January 2022 and the second in September 2023. Both individuals died less than two months later and never made it home from the hospital.

      Read the full story here: https://www.wired.com/story/pig-kidney-transplant-discharge-ongoing-care/

    2. Ordinary-Ask-3490 on

      It sounds really amazing to hear that he was able to leave the hospital, especially in such high spirits. I hope this continues to work out for him

    3. Brain_Hawk on

      This is really great and amazing work. They’ve been talking about this for 20 years, but of course it wasn’t so easy as some of the excited news reports were claiming back in 2004 or whatever.

      But with perseverance and dedication, the science prevailed. Hard to say how this will play out, and I like the fact that they’re thinking even if it isn’t necessarily a good long-term solution to can get people by while they wait for a more stable human kidney.

      I’m hopeful however that this organ will be healthy for a prolonged period of time. I got my first kidney transplant when I was 19, I’m 44 now, and while I’m generally quite healthy the immunosuppression is no joke. I can list a litany of health problems I’ve had in the interim, entirely due to the medication.

      Always excited to see new technologies in transplant science, which really help and improve the lives of a lot of people.

    4. inkseep1 on

      I can solve the organ shortage much cheaper than genetically edited pig parts and safer too.

      Organ procurement at the hospital should be offering the family of a recently deceased person a non-negotiable list of organs and prices paid. Instead of asking for a handout, you offer to cut them a decent check. If that were a rule, there would not be anything left of me to bury except a little bit of hair. I would insist on being sold.

      If we can’t do that, then we could offer incentives for people who have organ donor cards. For example, large businesses that routinely do promotional coupons could accept the signed card as the coupon. It would not cost them anything since they are already doing coupons. McDonalds could offer something like a donor card free large fries day once in awhile. They already do free friday medium fries for the app so it isn’t going to cost much and it gives them advertising. The states could give discounts on license renewals – or raise the rates for non-donors.

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