Richard “Rick” Slayman: Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies, his death came just two weeks after his surgery. latest news on townflex

  • Amoxtli
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    1 month ago

    Isn’t it cheaper to harvest organs from cadavers instead of spending millions in figuring how to put pig parts into humans? Then you ask why US healthcare is so expensive.

    • roguetrick@kbin.social
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      1 month ago

      Once a kidney loses blood pressure, it quickly starts to degrade. Better to implant working kidneys than a failing one.

      There just aren’t enough deceased donor kidneys available and folks spend a long time waiting for them, particularly considering how some of them only last a matter of years before they’re back of dialysis.

      DaVita would be happy to see this abandoned though.