US surgeons test pig kidney transplant in a human
US surgeons say they have successfully given a pig's kidney to a person in a transplant breakthrough they hope could ultimately solve donor organ shortages.
The recipient was brain-dead, meaning they were already on artificial life support with no prospect of recovering.
The kidney came from a pig that had been genetically modified to stop the organ being recognised by the body as "foreign" and being rejected.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Meanwhile, across town, another set of three little pigs have been found in what police are calling transplant bathtubs. Huffers and puffers in search of fresh pink lungs have been implicated in the sordid trade.
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