Many people in need of organs around the world are waiting for organ transplantation for a very long time due to the lack of sufficient number of organs, and many people who do not get their turn unfortunately lose their lives. In the scientific world, the studies carried out in recent years have finally begun to reflect on human life in a concrete way.
In recent months, a pig kidney was transplanted into a human for the first time in the world. While this development is already exciting the scientific world, a much more critical surgery was performed last week, and a pig heart was transplanted into a human for the first time in the world. In the past days, a first in the world of science has been signed again and for the first time, both kidneys of a pig have been transplanted into a human.
Both kidneys produced urine for three days:
After surgery by University of Alabama surgeons, two kidneys from a genetically engineered pig were transplanted into Jim Parsons, 57, who was brain-dead. The transplanted kidneys started working after 23 minutes. The transplant was carried out as part of a scientific study.
During the three-day study, both kidneys were successful in producing urine. But one kidney worked harder than the other kidney. No signs of any kidney being rejected by the human body were found. The study was a continuation of the first kidney transplant mentioned at the beginning of our news.
Pigs used as organ donors in pig-to-human transplants undergo a gene-editing to remove enzymes responsible for producing sugar antigens that cause organ rejection in humans. Thus, the risk of people rejecting these organs is much less.
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