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Roy Calne, a pioneer of organ transplant surgery, dies at 93

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave While making the rounds at a London hospital in 1950, a medical student named Roy Calne was presented with a young man dying from kidney failure. Make him comfortable, Dr. Calne was told, because the patient would be dead within two weeks. The order troubled Dr. Calne … Read more

Scientists Show that Monkeys Can Live Up to 2 Years with Genetically Modified Pig Kidneys

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Research out this week appears to show the potential longevity of transplanted organs from genetically engineered pigs. Scientists gave monkeys kidneys from these animals, finding that some were able to live for one to two years. Many of the genetic changes evaluated in this study could make pig-to-human transplants a more viable treatment to test … Read more