Posted on Apr 24, 2024
A woman with failing kidneys receives genetically modified pig organs
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Pisano's transplant is the latest development in the fast-moving effort to use genetically modified pigs to solve the persistent shortage of organs for transplants. More than 103,000 people are currently on the waiting list for organs. About 17 die every day because they can't get one.
Pisano's transplant is the latest development in the fast-moving effort to use genetically modified pigs to solve the persistent shortage of organs for transplants. More than 103,000 people are currently on the waiting list for organs. About 17 die every day because they can't get one.
A woman with failing kidneys receives genetically modified pig organs
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Ten days earlier, Pisano became the second living person in the world to get a kidney from a genetically modified pig transplanted into her body to replace her own failingorgans, her doctors announced Wednesday.
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