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Clinical Trials for Pig-to-Human Kidney Transplantation Are Here

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Key takeaways

US regulators approved the first American clinical trials of pig-to-human kidney transplants. This is called xenotransplantation, and the aim is to ease the shortage of human donor kidneys. These trials are just starting, so there are no results yet.

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https://www.kidney.org/news-stories/clinical-trials-pig-to-human-kidney-transplantation-are-here