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Lennox Kalifungwa

Pig Kidney Transplanted Into Brain Dead Man Survives For Two Months

The genetically engineered pig kidney moments after it was removed from the human body following 61 days of observation.  PHOTO BY JOE CARROTTA/SWNS 

A pig’s kidney has been transplanted into a brain dead man where it survived for two months in the longest-documented case of its kind.

The genetically engineered kidney was observed for 61 days before it was removed, life support switched off and the body handed back to the family.

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