A pig kidney has continued to function inside of a human body for roughly two months, the longest documented instance of such a procedure.
Researchers at NYU Langone performed the transplant on July 14. The recipient was a 58-year-old man who was "declared dead by neurologic criteria before the xenotransplant," according to aOn September 13, or 61 days later, the experiment reached its previously agreed-upon end date, and the man was removed from the ventilator.
In other words, the man was not responsive after receiving the organ, but doctors received his family's consent. Now his remains are with his family."In order to create a sustainable unlimited supply of organs, we need to know how to manage pig organs transplanted into humans," said team lead Robert Montgomery, professor and director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute, in the statement.
While it's the longest a pig kidney has survived inside the human body, it's far from the first attempt.
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