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Surgeons carry out an experimental pig kidney transplant.

Video. Surgeons perform world's first pig kidney transplant into a human

Updated: 22/03/2024 - 15:27 GMT+1

Surgeons in the US carried out the first genetically-edited pig kidney transplant into a living recipient.

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