More than 100,000 Americans are on waiting lists for donor members, most of whom need college. Only 25,000 human donor kidneys are available every year. Twelve Americans In the kidney list he dies every day on average.
Scientists have first implanted genetically designed pigs in other animals and then to human patients who live in the brain. In 2022, the researchers received permission to implant organs in a few patients with serious diseases, then, last year, to more healthy people.
Now, for the first time, an official clinical study of the procedure is started.
“Just imagine, you have a kidney disease and know that your kidneys will fail, and you have my kidneys waiting for you – you never see dialysis,” said Mike Cortis, president and CEO of Egenesis.
In the future, it is expected that genetic engineering will make swine organs compatible with humans so that patients will not have to take strong medications that prevent rejection but make them vulnerable to infections and cancer.
Children who were born with dangerous heart defects may be given a pig’s heart temporarily while waiting for a human donor. The pork liver can serve as a bridge for those who need a human liver.
Some scientists argue that there is an ethical necessity to move forward.
“Is it morally allowing thousands of people to die every year on a waiting list when we have something that can save their lives?” Dr. David K. asked. Cooper, who is studying Xenotransation at Harvard University and is a genetics consultant.
“I think he started to be morally unacceptable to allow people to die when there is an alternative treatment that seems very encouraging.”
But critics say that the transplantation of Xenotransation is an endeavor of a pie, a pie in the sky aims to solve organ technology when there is a simpler solution: expanding the scope of human organs by encouraging more donation.
And xenotransplantation shipping with unanswered questions.
Pigs can carry pathogens that can find their way to humans. If there is a fatal virus, for example, it appears in implant patients, it may spread with severe consequences.
This may be years or even contracts before observing the symptoms, as Christopher Bob, a biological scientist from the Medical College at Michigan Central University.
He said: “A possible transition of semen can occur at any time after the transplant – forever.” He added that the danger is small, but it is not zero.
