The Happy Pod: Record pig kidney transplant brings hope

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Sep 4, 202626:27News & Politics

A man in the US has survived for a record nine months with a kidney from a genetically modified pig, bringing hope to transplant patients across the world. 66-year-old Tim Andrews went on to receive a human donor kidney...

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