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The 10-gene pig and other medical science advances enabled UAB’s transplant of a pig kidney into a brain-dead human recipient
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The 10-gene pig and other medical science advances enabled UAB’s transplant of a pig kidney into a brain-dead human recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM IMAGE: JAYME LOCKE, M.D. CREDIT: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Many medical science advances underlie a unique surgery done at the University of Alabama at Birminghamlast fall and just published in the American Journal of Transplantation — the first clinical-grade pig-to-human kidney transplant using the human decedent model. While crucial advances like the genetically modified pig were...