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fromFortune
4 months ago

American man who volunteered for an experimental pig kidney transplant is off dialysis and wants to 'give some people some hope'

Gene-edited pig kidneys have sustained human patients for months, prompting FDA-approved clinical trials to address the severe U.S. kidney shortage.
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fromBoston.com
4 months ago

Another New Hampshire man gets a pig kidney as transplant trials are poised to start

FDA approved eGenesis to begin a rigorous clinical study of gene-edited pig kidney transplants after promising human one-off cases extended graft survival.
fromFortune
4 months ago
Medicine

American man who volunteered for an experimental pig kidney transplant is off dialysis and wants to 'give some people some hope'

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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Brainless bodies and pig organs: does science back up Putin and Xi's longevity claims?

Current organ transplantation extends life for terminal patients but is not yet a realistic method for prolonging healthy human lifespan.
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