A Monkey Got a New Kidney From a Pig—and Lived for 2 Years
Oct 12, 2023•7 min
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Episode description
Human donor kidneys are in short supply. A new experiment that tested gene-edited organ transplants in monkeys showed that pig kidneys may one day be viable substitutes.
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