Tuesday, February 04, 2025

An Alabama woman has lived 61 days (and counting) after receiving a kidney from a pig

See The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months by Lauran Neergaard of The AP. Excerpts: 

"An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting."

"Only four other Americans have received hugely experimental transplants of gene-edited pig organs – two hearts and two kidneys – and none lived more than two months."

"Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable human organs. More than 100,000 people are on the U.S. transplant list, most who need a kidney, and thousands die waiting."

A shortage means that price is below equilibrium and quantity supplied is less than quantity demanded. Since no one is legally allowed to sell organs in the U.S., the legal price is zero. So the current price is definitely below the equilibrium price.

Related posts:

Should People Be Allowed To Sell Their Kidneys And Other Organs? (2010) ("Iran has eliminated waiting lists for kidneys entirely by paying its citizens to donate.")

Should The United States Allow People To Sell Their Kidneys? (2009)

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