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Alabama Woman Receives Gene-Edited Pig Kidney

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Alabama Woman Receives Gene-Edited Pig Kidney
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DEC 2024
Above: Towana Looney with Dr. Jeffrey Stern at NYU Langone Health on Dec. 11, 2024, in New York. Image copyright: ANGELA WEISS/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images
story last updated DEC 2024

The Spin

Narrative A

Xenotransplantation represents a revolutionary solution to the severe organ shortage crisis, offering hope to tens of thousands of patients dying while waiting for transplants. The successful outcomes and rapid recovery of recent recipients demonstrates the viability of this approach. While more trials are needed, this technology has advanced significantly, suggesting the future of organ failure medicine is very hopeful.

NYU Langone News

Narrative B

Xenotransplantation is undoubtedly a scientific breakthrough, but the process still faces hurdles, including a lack of proven long-term viability and the risk of animal-to-human disease contraction. During a pig heart transplant in a 62-year-old man, for example, viruses were found inside the transplanted organ despite genetic modifications to avoid it. These issues must be dealt with before xenotransplantation is seen as a routine medical procedure.

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