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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nina Massey

Kidneys from genetically modified pig transplanted into brain dead human

In a world first, two kidneys from a genetically modified pig have been transplanted into the body of a brain dead human – an achievement hailed as a “game-changing moment in the history of medicine”.

The process shows the procedure may be viable in the long term and how such a transplant might work in the real world, researchers say.

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