Genetically modified pig kidney donated to live human
Researchers have successfully transplanted a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a brain-dead human.
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Researchers have successfully transplanted a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a brain-dead human.
For more than a century, scientists have tried to transplant the kidneys of animals into humans.
The world is one step closer to providing more organs for transplants after a team in New York replaced a brain-dead man's organ with that from a pig - and it lasted for more than one month.
The US man had been declared brain dead so was used in a test with his family’s consent which is the first to show pig organs could be viable for humans
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