The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure, his family and the hospital that performed the surgery said Saturday....
Saw this article in local newspapers today with one notable exception. Found it in another article linked in the above apnews article.
The most ambitious attempt so far came in January, when doctors at the University
of Maryland Medical Center transplanted a pig heart into a dying 57-year-old.
David Bennett survived for two months, evidence that xenotransplantation was at
least possible. But initial testing missed that the organ harbored an animal virus.
What caused Bennett’s new heart to fail and whether that virus played any role still
isn’t known, the Maryland researchers recently reported in the New England Journal of
Medicine.
This is a feature that as far as i know lemmy does not have, so it might be worth it to checkout and support piefed, it will probably be useful if there are certain topics that are really relevant to you and you want to develop in depth knowledge of.
GIGO Dev - An Open Source Learning Platform for Programmers ( www.reddit.com )
Biden slams ICC prosecutor’s ‘outrageous’ request for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders ( thehill.com )
Any alternatives to plume and writefreely?
is there any alternatives to plume and writefreely in fediverse? plume has some problems and writefreely is so minimal.
First person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant dies nearly 2 months later ( apnews.com )
The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure, his family and the hospital that performed the surgery said Saturday....
New piefed feature , anyone can subscribe to any post or comment (piefed is a reddit and lemmy alternative) ( codeberg.org )
This is a feature that as far as i know lemmy does not have, so it might be worth it to checkout and support piefed, it will probably be useful if there are certain topics that are really relevant to you and you want to develop in depth knowledge of.