We arrived at the new border for organ transplantation. For the first medical medicine, scientists announce this week that they are successful in the treatment of genetic, genetic, and at least in a short period of time.
Researchers in China have advanced success in study Published today in nature They will cultivate the liver into the medication of the brain, which can survive and even have funded the function for over a week. This finding is the latest thing that suggests that animal transplantation or Xenotransplantation One day, it may become a workplace for many people who need organs.
There are more than 100,000 Americans. Currently in the waiting program For organs with new people added every eight minutes But there is only 48,000 transplantation per year, creating significant shortages. It is expected that 17 people are waiting for the transplantation program.
Scientists have surveyed various methods to expand the swimming pool of existing organs or for the survival of people while waiting, such as inventions or Xenotransplantation But recently, the last person became a true truth in the advancement technology.
These progress allow scientists to create pigs with more organs with human biology, which will help reduce the chance of rejecting. For example, one common solution to eliminate the ability of the pig in the production of alpha-Gal, which is a sugar that the human body does not do.
If there are other people Test first or XenotransplantationThe researchers have followed the steps of the brain recipient, which the family agreed to help. They transplant liver from small pigs, BAMA, which are commonly used in research when the jeans are fixed, while the recipient receives immunity to prevent happiness. They inspected both the recipients and the organs for 10 days, ending the family's request.
Things seem to be smooth during the experiment. Researchers, including the Xijing hospital team at the fourth military medical university, no signs of being rejected immediately while the liver still works for 10 days within two hours of transplantation. It starts to produce bile and maintain the acceptable blood flow.
Last year, researchers at Pennsylvania University report That they are successful in addicted to pork liver donors to the brain recipient through the outside machinery, allowing the organs to live for three days But the researchers know that they are the first studies that have been inspected by friends to record the good transplantation of pork liver that is resolved with genes to individuals.
“It is a great success,” said Lin Wang educator at the Hero's press conference on Tuesday.
Which says that we are still far from seeing the liver from pork and other organs become normal In the past few years, scientists have started to transplant kidney and heart as a final alternative treatment method for the final defense. But only two recipients Pork kidney transplantation At the end of November 2024) The bigger clinic experiment is expected to start soon, but although external scientists have warned that it may take a long time before the organs received from animals will be able to approach the salvation of human donations.
Still, Xenotransplantation May become an important option, even before achieving high goals Scientists know that the liver of the recipient is still not damaged all the time. Therefore, it is possible that the pork organs that are resolved with genes can be used as a type of treatment with links for people in the program to wait for transplantation or for those who want the time to recover before working again.