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移植对象是一具捐献的脑死亡身体。
纽约大学的研究表明猪肾移植后不久,就有尿液排出,现在已经进入第二个月,工作良好,甚至可能超过人对人的肾脏移植。未来,可能做进一步的实验。
Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants
“It looks even better than a human kidney,” Montgomery said on July 14 as he replaced a deceased man’s own kidneys with a single kidney from a genetically modified pig — and watched it immediately start producing urine.
Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants
Researchers plan to track the organ's performance for a second month. It's another step in the long quest to one day use animal organs to save human lives. More than 100,000 patients are on the nation’s transplant list and thousands die each year waiting.
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