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Brain the only organ which can't be transplanted

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From lungs to liver, penis to the pancreas, medical scientists have made great strides in organ and tissue transplants.

Breakthroughs include transplanting a genetically modified heart of a pig into 57-year-old David Bennett Sr in January. Bennett Sr lived for three months after the transplant.

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