The Future of Kidney Transplants: The Potential of Pig Organs

2023 was a really big year for advancements in kidney transplantation and today we are going to discuss something that may sound wild to you - pig kidneys in humans.

This leads to a lot of questions that this week's video is going to cover:
How would a pig kidney even work in the human body?
Why pigs?
If you have kidney disease, would you accept a pig kidney to get off dialysis?

The United States needs more kidneys. There were over 90,000 people on the kidney transplant list in 2023 and only 15,927 kidney transplants were done that year. Every year thousands more are added to that list, so scientists have been hard at work to find other solutions. Watch this video to find out more and about the exciting trials done at NYU Langone Health and the University of Birmingham.

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Content Chapters:
00:00 - Are Pigs the Future of Kidney Transplant?
00:54 - Kidney Transplant and Dialysis
01:53 - Pig Kidneys
02:36 - Transplant Problems / Hyperacute Rejection
03:53 - Scientific Breakthrough
04:45 - Pig Kidney Trials
05:52 - Galsafe Pigs / Thymus Gland
06:50 - Genetic Engineering
08:01 - Questions About Pig Kidneys
09:09 - Conclusion