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US surgeons transplant pig kidney into living human — first time ever

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States have transplanted a pig’s kidney into a living human recipient for the first time. In a statement announcing the “major milestone”,

Man who got first-ever pig heart transplant dies — two months after surgery

David Bennett, a 57-year-old man with terminal heart disease who had undergone a first-of-its-kind pig heart transplant, is dead. According to a statement by the University of Maryland School of

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Study: Lung transplant recipients have higher risk of organ failure, death

Scientists say lung transplant recipients face a higher risk of organ failure and death compared to people undergoing heart, kidney and liver transplants.

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