Pig kidney kept a man off dialysis for nine months in world first

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A pig kidney transplant worked for a record nine months.This enabled the recipient to stay off dialysis for longer while waiting for a suitable human donor's kidney to become available…

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Transplanted Pig Kidney Still Working After a Record-Setting 9 Months in a Patient

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'Strange New Worlds'' latest episode is a soap opera spoof, but hasn't 'Star Trek' always been a soap opera in space?

The latest 'Strange New Worlds' takes the silliness to warp factor nine, but soap opera plots have long been part of the 'Star Trek' mix…

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'The apple you eat isn't the apple your granddaughter will eat': What's on the menu in a warming world?

Almost every aspect of our food system will be transformed by climate change.

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OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra is 'the most intelligent and aligned model in the world'

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Barack Obama Honors Gloria Steinem: ‘She Demanded That the World Pay Attention’

The former president praised the trailblazer's work fighting for workplace gender equality, domestic violence prevention, and more…

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Transplanted pig kidney works in US man's body for record 271 days

A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.

Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC Health