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TL;DR: NO, you won't be getting a pig lung anytime soon. >However, by 24 hours after the transplant had taken place, severe swelling (edema) was observed, poss
by FirmwareBurner 1y ago
TL;DR: NO, you won't be getting a pig lung anytime soon.
>However, by 24 hours after the transplant had taken place, severe swelling (edema) was observed, possibly as a result of blood flow being restored to the area of the transplant.
Antibody-mediated rejection damaged the tissue further on days three and six of the experiment.
The result of the damage was primary graft dysfunction, a type of severe lung injury occurring within 72 hours of a transplant, and the leading cause of death in lung transplant patients.
Some recovery was taking place by day nine, but the experiment had run its course.
- piombisallow 1y agoFirst heart transplant lived for 18 days post-op, it has to start somewhere.
- hallole 1y agoThat alone is insane, incredible. Hardly measures up to the ideal of leaving the hospital, good as new, but putting that aside: 18 days on a transplant, trans-species organ? I'm in awe!
- daniel_iversen 1y agoThere’s a lot of work going on to try and modify the DNA of the pigs to make them “transplant-compatible” using CRISPR, avoiding rejection and lifelong medication for the patient etc; https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aan4187 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aan4187