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First clinical trial testing pig kidney transplants in people launches in US

The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might really save lives.

United Therapeutics, a producer of gene-edited pig kidneys, announced Monday that the study’s initial transplant was performed successfully at NYU Langone Health, a medical centre in New York City.

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