[News] A Pig Kidney Kept a Man Off Dialysis for 271 Days. Then It Failed.

A gene-edited pig kidney carried one patient's kidney function for nine months and then handed off cleanly to a human donor organ, which is a real result, a bridge rather than a cure, and a case of one.

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[News] A Pig Kidney Kept a Man Off Dialysis for 271 Days. Then It Failed.

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