An article in NYT reported that surgeons successfully transplanted a genetically altered kidney to a patient and found the organ worked normally. The kidney was attached to a patient who had suffered brain death and was maintained on a ventilator. The kidney's vessels were connected to the patient's femoral artery and vein and it lay outside the body while it was observed for 54 hours. During the nearly three day it was observed it functioned normally, making urine and the waste product creatinine 'almost immediately' according to Dr. Robert Montgomery, the director of N.Y.U. Langone Transplant Institute who performed the procedure in September 2021. This medical advance is the culmination of years of experimental work that started in the 60s and is a milestone in the quest to successful xenotransplantation which may help the lives of millions of patients around the world.
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