Towana Looney, a woman from Alabama, has successfully received a pig kidney transplant, ending her eight-year struggle with dialysis.
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Towana Looney es la quinta estadounidense a la que se le ha implantado un órgano de cerdo editado genéticamente —y notablemente, no está tan enferma como los receptores anteriores que murieron dentro de los dos meses de recibir un riñón o corazón de cerdo. La cirugía de Looney marca un paso importante mientras los científicos se preparan para estudios formales de xenotrasplante que se espera comiencen el próximo año, dijo el doctor Robert Montgomery de NYU Langone Health, quien lideró el procedimiento altamente experimental el 25 de noviembre.
Más de 100.000 personas están en la lista de trasplantes de Estados Unidos, la mayoría necesitando un riñón. Miles mueren esperando y muchos más que necesitan un trasplante nunca califican. Ahora, en busca de un suministro alternativo, los científicos están alterando genéticamente a los cerdos para que sus órganos sean más similares a los humanos.
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