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Pig kidney still functioning in brain-dead man 6 weeks after transplant surgery: ‘Extremely encouraging’
A pig kidney is still functioning correctly more than six weeks after surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City transplanted the genetically engineered organ into the body of a 57-year-old man, who had been declared brain-dead. This marks the longest period a pig kidney has functioned in a human being, according to a press release from the hospital. After he was “declared dead by neurologic criteria,” the man was placed on supportive measures to keep his heart beating, the release stated. His family agreed to donate his body because his organs were not suitable for transplant. ULTIMATE FATHER’S DAY GIFT: SON DONATES KIDNEY TO SAVE HIS DAD’S LIFE “All signs are pointing in a positive

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