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Pig kidney works in human body for 271 days - is this the future of organ transplants? - BBC

Published by BBC News 4 September 2026 at 01:31
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Pig kidney works in human body for 271 days - is this the future of organ transplants? - BBC
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A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.

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