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Surgeons carrying out the pig liver transplant at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, China, in May 2024

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Pig liver transplant into a living person edges it closer to the norm

The first ever transplantation of a pig's liver into a living person helps us better understand how animal organs can be used to prolong, or even save, lives

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A blood vessel network designed by a computational model

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Complex blood vessel nets could be 3D printed for artificial organs

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2024 saw the first living people to receive pig kidney transplants

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Liquid metal unlocks a way to make artificial blood vessels

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The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death

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The radical treatments bringing people back from the brink of death

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Patient John Nicholas awake in the OR as he undergoes a kidney transplant

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First ever US kidney transplant performed on an awake patient

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Implantable heart pump could let children wait for transplants at home

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Therapy that turns lymph nodes into livers gets first human trial

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Drs. Kawai and Elias will be transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney

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Pig kidney transplanted into living human for the first time

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Aaron James with Eduardo Rodriguez

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Human eyeball successfully transplanted for the first time

Aaron James received the first ever eyeball transplant during a 21-hour-long surgical procedure – and five months later, his new eyeball is healthy

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Surgeons perform the second ever pig-to-human heart transplant

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Kidneys for transplantation could come from babies who die at birth

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Anti-ageing drugs could make more organs viable for transplants

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Human kidneys have been partially grown in pigs for the first time

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