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Pig kidney transplant into brain-dead man could be a game-changer

New York Post

By Alex Mitchell and Marc Lallanilla
August 16, 2023 2:13pm Updated

In a medical breakthrough, NYU Langone Health surgeons successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a brain-dead man, who has now survived on the organ for more than a month.

“This represents the longest period that a gene-edited pig kidney has functioned in a human, and the latest step toward the advent of an alternate, sustainable supply of organs for transplant,” according to an NYU Langone Health news release.

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