{"id":7205,"date":"2023-08-18T09:36:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7205"},"modified":"2023-08-18T09:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:36:39","slug":"another-step-toward-using-animal-organs-pig-kidney-sustains-brain-dead-man-for-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/08\/18\/another-step-toward-using-animal-organs-pig-kidney-sustains-brain-dead-man-for-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Another step toward using animal organs: Pig kidney sustains brain-dead man for a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7205\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"1\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>By Karen Weintraub<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctors in New York have managed to keep a brain-dead man in a state of sort of suspended animation for more than a month after removing his kidneys and replacing them with one from a pig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A ventilator has kept 57-year-old Maurice Miller&#8217;s heart beating and other organs functioning while the pig kidney produces urine and other normal byproducts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/health\/2023\/08\/16\/pig-kidney-functions-in-brain-dead-man\/70599354007\/\">Read the full story<\/a> in USA Today.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7205\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"1\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading By Karen Weintraub Doctors in New York have managed to keep a brain-dead man in a state of sort of suspended animation for more than a month after removing &hellip; 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