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Health Dec 17

Alabama woman recovering well after latest experimental pig kidney transplant

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

Health May 31

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Woman is back on dialysis after doctors remove failing pig kidney

Lisa Pisano was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig, in a dramatic pair of surgeries in April that also implanted a pump to keep her failing heart beating.

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

Science May 18

Surgical team prepares Abernathy for surgery to receive donated kidney as part of a five-way organ transplant swap in New ...
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How America’s organ transplant system can be improved

Nearly 115,000 people are currently waiting for a new organ. But the shortage crisis is nothing new, as 5,600 people die each year waiting for an organ. Ali Rogin spoke with Barry Friedman, the former executive director of the AdventHealth…

By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young

World May 12

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News Wrap: Israel fights resurgence of Hamas militants in northern Gaza

In our news wrap Sunday, Israeli forces are again fighting Hamas in an area of northern Gaza that the military had previously cleared, Russia says a 10-story apartment building in the border city of Belgorod partially collapsed under Ukrainian shelling,…

Health Jan 20

Surgeon performs pig heart transplant in Baltimore
Researchers test pig-to-human kidney transplant in donated body

U.S. researchers are reporting the latest in a surprising string of experiments in the quest to save human lives with organs from genetically modified pigs.

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

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