Pig kidney works for a record 271 days inside the body of surviving American
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An American lived for a record 271 days with a transplanted pig kidney before Boston doctors replaced it with a human kidney earlier this year — a transplant that has kept him alive ever since, researchers said Thursday.
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An American lived for a record 271 days with a transplanted pig kidney before Boston doctors replaced it with a human kidney earlier this year — a transplant that has kept him alive ever since, researchers said Thursday.
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