techno156 t1_itp5j6y wrote
Reply to comment by currentscurrents in The cutting-edge cellular therapies aiming to ease America's organ shortage. Major transplantation surgeries could one day become outpatient procedures. by Sariel007
>Right now xenotransplantation is much more promising - just this year, a genetically-altered pig heart was successfully transplanted into a human. We are going to see a lot more clinical trials in the very near future.
Unfortunately, he died shortly after, so it might not be quite there just yet.
AnneFrankFanFiction t1_itpbsjn wrote
That wasn't unexpected, though. Really the experiment gave him an extra two months of life. The next trial will likely last longer. That's how science works: incremental improvements
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