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Transplant Rejection Is a Major Hurdle for Pig Organs. Scientists Are Solving the Problem


In a successful transplant in a man with brain death, scientists prevented the immune system from attacking a genetically modified pig kidney for 61 days, the longest such an experiment has lasted

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