2023-10-29 17:01:04
For more than a century, attempts have been made to use this animal organ in humans.
Compatibility between humans and pigs is unusually high
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Science and technology they have always gone hand in hand. We find essential applications for doctors, as well as others aimed at organizing medications. However, technology can surround medicine in an even more surprising and notable way: through gene modification. This has been achieved without many complications the second modified pig heart in an adult and that he does not reject it.
This triumph is shared, since it is largely due to the powerful technology that medical researchers use to undertake these types of experiments.
The heart of a pig in the body of a human: the first case with real success
A man from Maryland, United States, has received a pig’s heart and appears to have admitted it into his body without problems. There are no traces of any problem, at least for now, so it is great news because it is the second intervention of this style with genetically treated pig hearts to reconvert them so that our body accepts them.
In accordance with FuturismLawrence Faucette was a hombre with a terminal heart disease who was admitted for this type of transplant. In any case, the first was also carried out in Maryland, but the man died two months later due to the medication, which unexpectedly damaged his heart.
In the case of Faucette, things seem to be looking better. While the previous patient had complications from the beginningFaucette is in perfect condition, having the ability to breathe on his own and, furthermore, without any sign of porcine organ rejection. Obviously, the doctors have not separated themselves from the patient, whom they are doing tests from time to time and monitoring so that everything is in order.
If everything goes well, the xenotrasplantes They might save the lives of millions of people around the world. Since heart transplants are not particularly easy, as is finding compatible donors for those who suffer from these problems. All, thanks to the gene editing technology which has allowed the body to recognize pig hearts as if they were human.
The first transplants in history were done with pigs and cattle. However, the people who received these transplants they lived very few hours despite the fact that the operations were successful. As time went by, the technique improved, but so far it has only been successfully done in humans.
One of the main problems with this type of issue is that the organs of pigs can carry bacteria quite dangerous for human health. In fact, they are lethal, so it is important clean the heart of the donor pig before there is any kind of evil inside.
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