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Dr. Keith Reemtsma, a surgeon at Tulane University in New Orleans, transplants thirteen chimpanzee kidneys into humans. Twelve of the patients survive between nine and sixty days. One patient, however, survives for nine months on primitive immunosuppression drugs with no signs of rejection.
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The Legacy of Baby Fae
Stephanie Fae Beauclair was born with a fatal heart defect known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome. She had been given a possible chance to live several more weeks after a historical surgery -
Dr. Thomas Starzl transplants six baboon kidneys into humans. Survival rates range between nineteen and 98 days, with most patients dying of infections.
