Patient Mends After Receiving A Pig's Kidney. (cover story)
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- RABIN, RONI CARYN
- Source
- New York Times. 3/22/2024, Vol. 173 Issue 60101, pA1-A13. 2p.
- Subject
- *KIDNEYS
*SWINE
*WASTE products
- Language
- ISSN
- 0362-4331
The article reports on the transplantation made by surgeons in Boston, Massachusetts of kidney from a genetically engineered pig into an ailing 62-year-old man which is said to be the first procedure of its kind. If states that the breakthrough offers hope to several Americans whose kidneys have failed. Also mentioned are the function of the kidney, number of Americans who have kidney failure and require dialysis, and proposed solution that could make kidneys more widely available.