UAB analysis supported identical protocols for fresh pig kidney transplant into human

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RESEARCHERS AT UAB ARE CELEBRATING AFTER TEAMS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN TRANSPLANTING A GENETICALLY MODIFIED PIG KIDNEY INTO A LIVING PERSON. THIS SPECIFIC PROCESS IS CALLED XENOTRANSPLANTATION, AND IT ALLOWS FOR MEDICAL TEAMS TO HEAL HUMAN PATIENTS WITH CELLS, TISSUES, OR ORGANS FROM ANIMALS. WHILE THE TRANSPLANT WASN’T PERFORMED AT THE HOSPITAL. EFFORTS TO ADVANCE MEDICINE TO THIS POINT, EXPERTS SAY, STARTED RIGHT HERE IN BIRMINGHAM. IT’S SOMETHING SURGEONS LEADING THE EFFORTS IN ALABAMA SAY COULD HELP THOSE ON THE LONG WAITING LIST FOR AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT THAT THERE ARE 37 MILLION AMERICANS THAT CARRY A DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, ABOUT 6 TO 800,000 AT ANY GIVEN TIME. HAVE A DIAGNOSIS OF KIDNEY FAILURE. AND WE KNOW THE CURE FOR KIDNEY FAILURE IS A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT. YET WE WAITLIST ONLY ABOUT 80 TO 100,000 AMERICANS EVERY YEAR. AND THEN OF THAT, WE ONLY DO ABOUT 25,000 KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS. SO THAT GAP BETWEEN THE NEED AND THE SUPPLY IS VAST. DOCTOR JAMIE LOCK IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSPLANT DIVISION AT UAB. SHE SAYS THE INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENTS STEM FROM A NEED FOR HEALTH EQUITY NATIONWIDE, AND SOMETHING THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN WHEN THERE’S ENOUGH SUPPLY. SO THE IDEA IS TO REALLY DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE ORGAN SOURCE BECAUSE WE KNOW WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH HUMAN ORGANS. AND THAT’S REALLY WHERE GENETICALLY MODIFYING THESE PIGS SO THAT THEIR KIDNEYS ARE HUMAN ENOUGH, THAT THE HUMAN BODY WILL ACCEPT THEM. AND IT CAN FUNCTION LIKE OUR ORGANS DO. LOCK SAYS THE NEXT STEPS ARE WORKING TOWARDS APPROVAL FROM THE FDA, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CARRY OUT THESE TRANSPLANTS AT UAB, SHE ADDS. THERE’S ALSO ADDITIONAL SAFETY AN

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Docs on the College of Alabama at Birmingham had been researching protocols very similar to the ones used for a pig kidney transplant right into a residing human not too long ago.In step with UAB. Dr. Jayme Locke revealed the immunosuppression protocol previous this 12 months that works neatly with xenotransplanted pig kidneys.That protocol is the same technique used with a affected person and a genetically changed pig kidney at Massachusetts Common Sanatorium in Boston, stated UAB.UAB additionally revealed a paper in January that confirmed pig kidneys in people can control blood force and care for balanced electrolyte ranges, along with developing urine and filtering toxins.NBC Information had reported the affected person in Boston has confirmed no indicators of rejecting the kidney as of closing take a look at.Across the nation: Nationwide protection from WVTM 13

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Docs on the College of Alabama at Birmingham had been researching protocols very similar to the ones used for a pig kidney transplant right into a residing human not too long ago.In step with UAB. Dr. Jayme Locke revealed the immunosuppression protocol previous this 12 months that works neatly with xenotransplanted pig kidneys.

That protocol is the same technique used with a affected person and a genetically changed pig kidney at Massachusetts Common Sanatorium in Boston, stated UAB.UAB additionally revealed a paper in January that confirmed pig kidneys in people can control blood force and care for balanced electrolyte ranges, along with developing urine and filtering toxins.NBC Information had reported the affected person in Boston has confirmed no indicators of rejecting the kidney as of closing take a look at.Across the nation: Nationwide protection from WVTM 13