Pig Kidney Transplanted in Human Body Functions for Over a Month: US Scientists

The kidney of a pig, which was transplanted in a brain-dead human patient, has been functioning even after 32 days, announced scientists at New York University's Langone Health.

The big point: This is the longest period for which a gene-edited pig kidney has functioned in a human. It is a step forward towards alternate organ transplants, scientists said, calling it a breakthrough.

Researchers have reached a new milestone in the future of organ transplantation: a modified pig kidney transplanted into a human has been successfully functioning for 32 consecutive days.

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