longer periods after transplant to make sure the pig kidney isn t rejected. i asked which organ came next. closest organ to the kidney in terms of being ready for prime time is the heart. marc: sandra, pig kidney, then pig heart, real game changer. sandra: that is fascinating. thank you for bringing that to us, doctor. can i ask you about this development in admission from nih that data function research did receive u.s. tax dollars, while we ve seen dr. dr. fauci deny this all along the way, what are we now learn something i talked to dr. fauci a lot, dr. collins. peter docish was involved with 500,000 dollar plus grant to work on research, they are saying is not technically gain
history of kidney transplant pioneer driven by his own personal need for a heart transplant. we caught up with dr. montgomery and got a look at the groundbreaking surgery that was performed. we want to make sure that as many people as possible have that opportunity. dr. montgomery pioneered a lottery system for mixing and matching donors and recipients that has saved thousands of lives. unfortunately, nearly half of the people who are waiting for an organ won t make it. we came up with an idea that that person would give their kidney to someone who had a living compatible donor and then that donor would give to someone else and so you can form this single, you know, act of altruism. but the massive organ shortage continues, so the first two and a half day successful transplant of genetically altered pig kidney to recipient is groundbreaking. montgomery says the surgery was
A US medical team has succeeded in temporarily attaching a pig's kidney to a person, a transplant breakthrough hailed as a "potential miracle" by the surgeon who led the procedure.
A normal kidney transplant involves picking a kidney from a healthy person through surgery and transplanting it to a patient with damaged or diseased kidneys
A normal kidney transplant involves picking a kidney from a healthy person through surgery and transplanting it to a patient with damaged or diseased kidneys