A genetically altered pig kidney transplanted into a human a month ago is still working: 'It looks even better than a human kidney'

A genetically altered pig kidney transplanted into a human a month ago is still working: 'It looks even better than a human kidney'

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Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living patients. Scientists around the country are racing to learn how to use animal organs to save human lives,…

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