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Will pigs solve the organ crisis? The future of animal-to-human transplants

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NATURE
Volume 611, Issue 7937, Pages 654-656

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-03794-2

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Medical research; Ethics; Physiology

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Surgeons successfully transplanted pig organs into human recipients for the first time this year. Researchers are eager to conduct more human trials.
This year, surgeons transplanted the first pig organs into human recipients. Researchers are keen to launch more human trials. Credit: University Of Maryland School Of Medicine/ZUMA

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