{"id":2003084,"date":"2023-08-16T21:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T01:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pig-kidney-works-inside-of-donated-body-for-over-a-month\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T21:08:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T01:08:57","slug":"pig-kidney-works-inside-of-donated-body-for-over-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pig-kidney-works-inside-of-donated-body-for-over-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Pig kidney functions in donated body for a month."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpig-kidney-works-inside-of-donated-body-for-over-a-month%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2003084&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pig Human Transplants Surgeons at NYU Langone Health prepare to transplant a\u2064 pig\u2019s kidney \u200dinto a brain-dead man in New York on \u200bJuly 14, 2023.  \u2062(AP Photo\/Shelby Lum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>6:03 PM \u2013 Wednesday, August 16, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Surgeons in New York transplanted a pig\u2019s kidney into a man who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-faces-backlash-for-not-apologizing-to-cop-internet-memes-abound-biggest-fraud-on-the-planet\/\" title=\"LeBron Faces Backlash For Not Apologizing To Cop, Internet Memes Abound: \u2018Biggest Fraud On The Planet\u2019\">brain dead<\/a>. It has been functioning regularly for more than a month.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, New York University (NYU) Langone \u2063Health announced that \u200balthough the donor of the body was already deceased, this marks the longest \u2063a pig kidney has functioned \u200cin a person. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With only\u200d a single genetic modification\u2014and no experimental\u200c medications or \u200bdevices\u2014a pig kidney\u2063 xenotransplantation at NYU Langone Health led\u2064 by Dr. Robert Montgomery continues to function optimally \u2062after 32 days. <\/p>\n<p>Learn more \u200cabout this new milestone: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bL29j3HrQN\">https:\/\/t.co\/bL29j3HrQN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ebRiNfc40Z\">pic.twitter.com\/ebRiNfc40Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYU Grossman School of \u2064Medicine (@nyugrossman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyugrossman\/status\/1691844867125571886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Scientists around the nation \u200dare fighting\u2062 for the knowledge necessary to use animal organs to save human lives. It is reported that the bodies donated for research serve as an amazing practice.<\/p>\n<p>Doctor Robert Montgomery, the director of NYU Langone\u2019s transplant institute, talked to the\u200b press about the experiment. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIs this organ really going to work\u2064 like a human organ? So far it\u2019s looking like it is,\u201d said Montgomery. \u201cIt \u200dlooks even better than a \u200bhuman kidney.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On July 14<sup>th<\/sup>, Montgomery\u2064 replaced a dead man\u2019s kidneys with\u200c a single kidney \u200bfrom a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-receives-heart-transplant-from-genetically-altered-pig-this-has-never-been-done-before\/\" title=\"Man Receives Heart Transplant From Genetically Altered Pig: \u2018This Has Never Been Done Before\u2019\">genetically modified pig<\/a> and watched it start producing urine right away. <\/p>\n<p>The family of 57-year-old Maurice\u200b \u201cMo\u201d Miller, who passed away from cancer, agreed to give his body to \u2062the experiment because they believed that pig kidneys\u2064 might one day assist ease to the serious lack of transplantable organs. <\/p>\n<p>His sister, Mary Miller-Duffy, told the press\u200b she struggled about her decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBut he liked helping\u2063 others and I\u200d think this\u2063 is what my brother would want. So I offered my brother\u2062 to them,\u201d she\u200d said. \u201cHe\u2019s going to be\u2063 in the medical books, and he will live on\u2064 forever.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Because people\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pig-kidney-works-inside-of-donated-body-for-over-a-month\/\" title=\"Pig kidney functions in donated body for a month.\">immune systems reject foreign tissue<\/a>, attempts at xenotransplantation, or animal-to-human\u200c transplants, have been unsuccessful\u2063 for decades. Now, scientists are utilizing pigs that have had their organs genetically altered to better match human bodies.<\/p>\n<p>The NYU experiment\u2062 is one of a number of innovations designed to speed the beginning of such clinical studies. <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced yet another significant achievement of a set of pig kidneys that were transplanted successfully and functioned regularly for seven days inside\u200d another donated body.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery stated\u2062 that these kinds of experiments\u200c are critical to\u2063 answer \u2063remaining questions \u201cin a setting where we\u2019re not putting someone\u2019s life in jeopardy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The transplant\u2063 waiting list in the U.S has more than 100,000\u200b patients on\u2062 it, and thousands of them pass away every year \u200dwaiting \u200bfor a donation.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news \u2062blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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