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flag Man receives experimental pig kidney transplant, part of study to help those waiting for human organs.

flag A 54-year-old New Hampshire man, Bill Stewart, has received a pig kidney transplant in an experimental procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital. flag This follows a similar successful transplant to another New Hampshire man, Tim Andrews, who has been off dialysis for seven months. flag The Food and Drug Administration has approved eGenesis to conduct a study of these pig-to-human kidney transplants, aiming to provide gene-edited pig kidneys to 30 people aged 50 or older on the transplant list. flag The goal is to help those waiting for human organ transplants by providing a viable alternative.

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