Reuters the research could possibly pave the way for trials in patients with end-stage kidney failure within the next few years.
The surgery, reportedly conducted in September, has not been peer reviewed or published in a medical journal. 17. That’s how many people die each day in the U.S. while waiting to receive an organ transplant, to the Health Resources and Services Administration. Over 100,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list, the vast majority of these—around 90%—are waiting for a kidney.over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many die while on waitlists and organs must be carefully matched between donor and recipient to avoid the risk of it being rejected by the transplantee’s immune system.
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Not the first, humans have been known to have PIG hearts as a temporary measure. This is not new...