This is a potentially major advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant.



The process of the transplant

A pig kidney has been transplanted into a human being for the first time ever, without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient's immune system, according to Reuters.

This is a potentially major advance that could eventually helpalleviate a dire shortage of human
organs for transplant.

The procedure done at NYU Langone Health in New York City involved use of a pig whose genes had been altered so that its tissues no longer contained a molecule known to trigger almost immediate rejection.



The surgeons

The recipient was a brain-dead patient with signs of kidney dysfunction whose family consented to the experiment before she was due to be taken off of life support, researchers told Reuters.

For three days, the new kidney was attached to her blood vessels and maintained outside her body, giving researchers access to it.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-surgeons-successfully-test-pig-kidney-transplant-human-patient-2021-10-19/

There are no such thing as MIRACLE OF SCIENCE !!

Great news, see as pig go soon scarce.

Make person no come dey grunt like pig oh...

Which kind wahala be this? Hope say the person no go begin grunt

Wow, I have been waiting on this breakthrough in a long time and now I'm glad. Humans share about 95% DNA, organs with pigs. I hope with time more amazing discoveries will save the world.

Dem no transplant goat organs to human, many dey behave like goat.


Now that Pig Organ has been transplanted, don't be surprised...

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Let me go into pig farming.soon,the price of pigs will skyrocket

Ok

This is the kind of society I'm supposed to be in, rubbing minds with fellow eggheads & professionals on how to move humanity forward. Not here I'm bothered on daily basis with cows & grazing routes, Banditry & Kidnapping, known & unknown Gunmen... & a whole load of bullshit.

We are getting there....

The 12 Scribes.

What a breakthrough!!

No more hope for Nairaland beggar that wants to sell his kidney to feed and ffuvk olosho.

And Nigerian girls expecting their boyfriends to sell their kidney so they can buy bone straight for them.

Cc: fatherchristmas, kingzrocky

Bad for business
Now that the cost of donation is at its all time high and guys are considering donating one of their kidneys as start up capital

On a more serious note, this is laudable. Heart transplant should be the next to be attempted ASAP.

By the way, brain transplant won't be bad too. Some humans wil do better with pig brains

Pig farming tinz.
price go hike.

Pig-coin loading...

What!

Chai were is my wife

Will Muslims accept this even in critical condition?

I see big Muslims like Sultans, Emirs, Alhajis accepting this as part of innovation abeit doing it discretely. The ones that will accept it in open will use boar as an excuse that its a wild and different specie which some of the Arabs eat.



This I have seen.

Just yesterday I was comparing the kidney of pig and ape to that of humans because I saw a guy on this site saying kidney Now cost to 85m....


Nigerians have world class brains, our leaders are failed us. We ought to be the China of Africa.

C H I N K O own loading.....

That patient is the real human Guinea pig

Vile.

This is a break through indeed.
One should consider farming Pigs to harvest their kidney...

Lmao

christejames:
Will Muslims accept this even in critical condition?

Kidney is about to be Cheap...


Wey me still dey think nd plan to sell my 2nd kidney nd u use d money du startup fund for my business...

This surgeon cannot mak heaven...