Patient Who Received Pig Kidney Becomes First To Progress to Human Kidney Transplant // Study shows xenotransplantation can serve as a bridge for patients with end-stage kidney disease

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/patient-who-received-pig-kidney-becomes-first-progress-human-kidney-transplant

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/scientificarticles/p/1380761/patient-who-received-pig-kidney-becomes-first-to-progress-to-human-kidney-transplant-stu

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panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 5d (2 replies)

If you got a pig kidney, and then you ate the pork from the pig the kidney came from, I wonder if that would cause issues for your body

username_1@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 5d (1 reply)

Why would it? I don't see any connection between a pig kidney in your body and what's inside your stomach.

magnue@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 4d

Well in the same way cannibalism can cause issues in humans. But I think that's some kind of brain disease I forget exactly.