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Patient With Transplanted Pig Kidney Leaves Hospital for Home
NY Times ^ | April 3, 2024 | Roni Caryn Rabin

Posted on 04/04/2024 10:33:52 AM PDT by Miami Rebel

Richard Slayman, 62, is the first patient to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Two weeks after the procedure, he was well enough to be discharged, doctors said.

The first patient to receive a kidney transplanted from a genetically modified pig has fared so well that he was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, just two weeks after the groundbreaking surgery.

The transplant and its encouraging outcome represent a remarkable moment in medicine, scientists say, possibly heralding an era of cross-species organ transplantation.

Two previous organ transplants from genetically modified pigs failed. Both patients received hearts, and both died a few weeks later. In one patient, there were signs that the immune system had rejected the organ, a constant risk.

But the kidney transplanted into Richard Slayman, 62, is producing urine, removing waste products from the blood, balancing the body’s fluids and carrying out other key functions, according to his doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital.

“This moment — leaving the hospital today with one of the cleanest bills of health I’ve had in a long time — is one I wished would come for many years,” he said in a statement issued by the hospital. “Now it’s a reality.”

He said he had received “exceptional care” and thanked his physicians and nurses, as well as the well-wishers who reached out to him, including kidney patients who were waiting for an organ.

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I gave a kidney 4 and a half years ago to a woman whom I had known as a kid decades before. It went smoothly for both of us, and I can honestly say it was for me a low-risk procedure with an easy recovery and very manageable long-term lifestyle adjustments.

I mention that because up until I was recruited through community outreach, I had little idea of just how deadly kidney disease is. I thought dialysis was relatively easy (it's not) and that it was a permanent fix (it's not.)

Given that upwards of 85,000 Americans die annually while awaiting human transplants, this development is the most exciting thing since the first human transplantation seventy years ago. Meanwhile, consider indicating the organ donation designation on your drivers lincense.

1 posted on 04/04/2024 10:33:52 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: Miami Rebel

I guess you can say that he will bring home the bacon.


2 posted on 04/04/2024 10:34:46 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep

On the one hand, the procedure might add years to his life.

On the other hand, he will be pestered by friends calling “soieeeeee” for all those years.


3 posted on 04/04/2024 10:37:46 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: Miami Rebel

Going “wee-wee-weee” all the way home.


4 posted on 04/04/2024 10:38:46 AM PDT by llevrok (“In a time of deceit telling, the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell)
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To: Miami Rebel

And you thought his place was a pig pen before...


5 posted on 04/04/2024 10:39:05 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: nwrep

Soon the left will say the procedure is racist against Muslims (always forgetting that Islam isn’t a race anyway)


6 posted on 04/04/2024 10:40:03 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Miami Rebel

SOOOOWEEEEET!.........................


7 posted on 04/04/2024 10:41:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Miami Rebel

Can you squeal like a pig?..................

8 posted on 04/04/2024 10:42:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Miami Rebel

I just want to know, is it still OK for this recipient to eat pork barbecue?

;-P

And God bless you for your donation.


9 posted on 04/04/2024 10:43:18 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Miami Rebel

Can you squeal like a pig?..................

10 posted on 04/04/2024 10:43:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Miami Rebel

Bedee, bedee that’s all folks.

Seriously, I’m glad it worked out.


11 posted on 04/04/2024 10:45:25 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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Incorrect, the first inter-species kidney transplant was when my ex-husband received a kidney from his wife, a viper.


12 posted on 04/04/2024 10:57:25 AM PDT by F450-V10
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To: Miami Rebel

But stops to root for truffles


13 posted on 04/04/2024 10:59:06 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: nwrep

Eating bacon might now be considered cannibalism. Poor guy!


14 posted on 04/04/2024 10:59:38 AM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: nwrep

He now has a strange urge to ferret for truffles, it was reported.


15 posted on 04/04/2024 11:00:00 AM PDT by PGR88
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“He now has a strange urge to ferret for truffles, it was reported.”

And has a strange attraction to mud.


16 posted on 04/04/2024 11:01:07 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Miami Rebel

It’s so thoughtful for Rosie O’Donnell to give up a kidney to someone in need. Or was this one from Rob Reiner?


17 posted on 04/04/2024 11:01:57 AM PDT by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: Miami Rebel

no, I won’t designate my organs....if I die in a car accident, my better half or children can do what they please....


18 posted on 04/04/2024 11:06:26 AM PDT by cherry
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To: nwrep

Betcha he’s a real ham!


19 posted on 04/04/2024 11:06:52 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents in jail.)
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To: F450-V10

sounds very ungrateful..


20 posted on 04/04/2024 11:07:32 AM PDT by cherry
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