For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering an immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system, a potentially key advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant.The procedure done at NYU Langone Health in New York City involved use of a pig whose genes had been altered so that its tissues no longer contained a molecule known to trigger an almost immediate rejection, according to the Reuters news agency which reported on the news on Tuesday.The recipient was a brain-dead patient with signs of kidney dysfunction whose family consented to the experiment before she was due to be taken off life support, researchers told the Reuters news agency.
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