A transplanted pig kidney offers a grandmother hope for life without dialysis

A transplanted pig kidney offers a grandmother hope for life without 
dialysis

The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig organs prove...
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