Inside a family’s choice to test a pig kidney in the dead that might one day help the living скачать в хорошем качестве

Inside a family’s choice to test a pig kidney in the dead that might one day help the living

Mary Miller-Duffy was dazed and grieving. Her brother suddenly collapsed and days later was brain-dead. Now she faced a tough question: Would she donate his body for research? That’s how the body of Maurice “Mo” Miller started its journey to a sunny corner of NYU Langone Health’s intensive care unit — and became part of the quest to one day ease the nation’s transplant shortage with organs from animals. “He always wanted to help people,” said Miller-Duffy, who struggled with the choice but is proud of her brother's last act. “This tragic death, this fast short death – something good has come out of it.” Surgeons replaced Miller's kidneys with one from a genetically modified pig on July 14. Then doctors and nurses cared for the deceased man like they would a living patient while anxiously ticking off the days.