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U.S. surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient

The surgery was performed on a heart patient whose kin contented the experiment. [Reuters]

 For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient's immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant.

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