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US surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient

US surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient

For the first time, a pig kidney was transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection of the recipient’s immune system, a potentially important advance that could help alleviate a severe shortage of human organs for donation. The procedure performed at NYU Langone Health in the city of New York, was done using a pig […]