Majiyyaci na farko a duniya da aka dasa koda alade ya mutu, kusan watanni biyu bayan tiyata.
A cikin Maris, Babban Asibitin Massachusetts ya dasa kodar alade da aka gyara ta hanyar dabi’a zuwa Rick Slayman, wani mutum mai shekaru 62 da ke fama da cutar koda a matakin karshe.
Aikin ya kasance wani muhimmin ci gaba a cikin xenotransplantation – dashen gabobin jiki ko kyallen takarda daga wannan nau’in zuwa wani – a matsayin mai yuwuwar magance matsalar karancin gabobin sassan duniya, in ji asibitin a lokacin.
Mutuwar Slayman ba ta da alaƙa da dashen, asibitin ya ruwaito.
“Iyalanmu sun yi matukar bakin ciki game da mutuwar ƙaunataccenmu Rick, amma ku ji daɗi da sanin cewa ya zaburar da mutane da yawa,” in ji danginsa ranar Lahadi.
Iyalin Slayman sun ba da yabo ga tawagar likitocin da suka kula da shi.
“Babban ƙoƙarin da suka yi na yin xenotransplant ya ba danginmu ƙarin makonni bakwai tare da Rick, kuma abubuwan da muka yi a lokacin za su kasance a cikin zukatanmu da zukatanmu.”
NAN ta ruwaito cewa kodar alade ta fito ne daga wani alade da aka gyara ta hanyar kwayoyin halitta don cire kwayoyin alade masu cutarwa tare da kara wasu kwayoyin halittar dan adam don inganta dacewarta da mutane. Har ila yau, masana kimiyya sun kashe ƙwayoyin cuta na porcine endogenous retroviruses a cikin mai ba da alade don kawar da duk wani haɗarin kamuwa da cuta a cikin mutane.
Asibitin ya ce “ya yi matukar bakin ciki” da mutuwar Slayman.
“Ba mu da wata alama cewa sakamakon dashen da aka yi masa ne kwanan nan,”
“Mr Slayman za a yi masa kallon har abada a matsayin ginshikin bege ga marasa lafiya da yawa a duk duniya kuma muna matukar godiya ga amincewarsa da kuma shirye-shiryensa na ci gaba da aikin dashen xeno,” in ji shi.