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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauran Neergaard

Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant

Pig Organ Transplant-Road to Trials - (AP photo/Shelby Lum)

The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began experimenting with pig organs in humans.

People worried they’ll never get a scarce human transplant asked: When could we get a pig kidney?

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