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Pig kidney transplant in India: SRGH starts xenotransplantation push after 271-day US success
A US case in which a gene-edited pig kidney kept a patient off dialysis for 271 days has sharpened attention on xenotransplantation in India. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has opened a dedicated department as the Union health ministry works on guidelines for the field.
A genetically modified pig kidney kept a man off dialysis for 271 days before he received a human kidney earlier this year – the longest dialysis-free survival reported after a pig-kidney transplant in a living person.
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