Xenotransplant of Pig Kidney and Thymus
November 21, 2023 | Terry Sharrer
“Surgeons at NYU Langone Medical Center tracked the activity of United Therapeutics’ UThymoKidney—a manufactured kidney that also contains a portion of the thymus gland taken from the same pig—for 61 days. While the pig itself had one gene modified to eliminate the production of a specific sugar on the surface of its cells, which can lead to immediate organ rejection in humans, the addition of part of a thymus gland also helps teach the recipient’s immune system to recognize the tissue as a normal part of the body. The xenokidney was placed within a 58-year-old man who had been on a ventilator after being declared brain-dead. . . . .” MORE
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