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"Gene-edited pig kidney keeps monkey alive for 2 years, trial finds, a step toward longer-lasting human transplants"

CNN

About 13 people die every day while waiting for a kidney transplant because of a lack of organ donors, but some scientists think pigs could be the answer. In a new trial that researchers say is the largest of its kind, researchers transplanted kidneys from genetically modified pigs into monkeys that lived for what’s considered a record amount of time.