With so many misconceptions about organ donation out there, it’s no wonder why less than half of all U.S. adults are signed up as …
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Kidney Transplantation
Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants
by News Sourceby News SourceNEW YORK — Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on …
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Kidney Transplantation
Pig Kidney Xenotransplantation Performing Optimally After 32 Days in Human Body
by News Sourceby News SourceSurgeons at NYU Langone Health have transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney that continues to function well after 32 days in a man declared dead by neurologic criteria and maintained …
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Kidney Transplantation
Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants
by News Sourceby News SourceFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Dozens of doctors …
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Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants
by News Sourceby News SourceNEW YORK — Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on …
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Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants
by News Sourceby News SourceNEW YORK (AP) — Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New …
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How a family’s choice to donate a body for pig kidney research could help change transplants
by News Sourceby News SourceNEW YORK (AP) — Mary Miller-Duffy was dazed and grieving. Her brother suddenly collapsed and days later was brain-dead. Now she faced a tough question: Would she donate his body …
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Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants
by News Sourceby News SourceNEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man …