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The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...
Organ xenotransplantation, the transplantation of genetically engineered organs from pigs to humans, is not a viable solution ...
In the absence of accessible, integrated, multidimensional patient data, the organ transplant system will remain both highly ...
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The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.