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This piglet has some cells from a monkey but died within a week of birth

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Exclusive: Two pigs engineered to have monkey cells born in China

Two pig-monkey chimeras were born in China but died within a week. This is the first time live pigs have been created that contain some primate cells

A person wearing the kidney

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Wearable artificial kidney works well in first tests in people

de Vries conducting a liver supercooling experiment

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Transplant organs can be supercooled to below zero for longer storage

Campaigners say organs are being taken from prisoners in China

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15 studies retracted due to fears they used Chinese prisoners’ organs

transplant operation

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Cell injections could train the body to accept a transplanted organ

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My liver, your kidney: The world’s first non-identical organ swap

3D printed hearts

Exhibition previews: Visions of a better tomorrow brighten 2019

human organs

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Baboons live for months after getting genetically modified pig hearts

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First baby born thanks to womb transplant from deceased donor

Faecal bacteria

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Faecal swaps could help stop heart transplants from being rejected

Giving mice a faecal transplant made them more tolerant of a subsequent heart transplant, hinting the gut may be key to avoiding organ rejection

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An opt-out organ donor system might actually lead to fewer transplants

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Bio-engineered lungs are the first successful organs made in the lab

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War veteran gets world’s first penis and scrotum transplant

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Swollen eye is setback for blindness treatment using stem cells