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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauran Neergaard

Groundbreaking pig organ transplant trial gets underway

A pioneering clinical trial, the world's first to transplant gene-edited pig kidneys into people, has commenced.

United Therapeutics, a producer of these specialised organs, announced on Monday that the initial procedure was successfully performed at NYU Langone Health.

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