Scientists likely 'years' away from using the technique to ease organ shortage.
Harvard-affiliated scientists say they have been able to keep a monkey alive for two years with a genetically engineered pig kidney. Although preliminary, transplant experts say this research is an important milestone in the search for an alternative
In recent months, other high-profile research teams at New York University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced successful transplants of genetically modified pig-kidneys into brain dead human donors. But those experiments ended after a few weeks."Duration of survival has been an Achilles heel of genetically modified pig organs to date due to a combination of rejection and opportunistic infections," said Dr.
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