{"id":4040,"date":"2022-03-17T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=4040"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:12:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:12:02","slug":"organ-donation-how-to-register-and-have-conversations-with-loved-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2022\/03\/17\/organ-donation-how-to-register-and-have-conversations-with-loved-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Organ donation: how to register and have conversations with loved ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"4040\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>In January, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uab.edu\/\">University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uab.edu\/medicine\/home\/\">Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine<\/a>&nbsp;announced the first peer-reviewed research outlining the successful&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alabamanewscenter.com\/2022\/01\/21\/uab-announces-first-clinical-grade-transplant-of-gene-edited-pig-kidneys-into-brain-dead-human\/\">transplant of genetically modified pig kidneys<\/a>&nbsp;into a brain-dead human individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, the study recipient, Jim Parsons, had two genetically modified pig kidneys transplanted in his abdomen after his native kidneys were removed. This research was successful because Parsons opted to be an organ donor, a choice that affected the course of transplantation. Although his organs were not viable for transplantation, Parsons\u2019 body was donated to science after his family agreed to allow him to be part of the world\u2019s first-of-its-kind xenotransplantation study with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legacyofhope.org\/\">Legacy of Hope<\/a>\u00a0at UAB Hospital. <a href=\"https:\/\/alabamanewscenter.com\/2022\/03\/13\/organ-donation-how-to-register-and-have-conversations-with-loved-ones\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"4040\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading In January, the&nbsp;University of Alabama at Birmingham&nbsp;Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine&nbsp;announced the first peer-reviewed research outlining the successful&nbsp;transplant of genetically modified pig kidneys&nbsp;into a brain-dead human individual. 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