[Link] Pig Kidney Successfully Transplanted From Hog to Human

Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com

Doctors in New York City transplanted a kidney grown in a pig to a brain-dead woman in a major step forward for xenotransplantation, a process in which human organs are grown in animals and then transplanted into humans.

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[Link] Unvaccinated patients are getting kicked off organ transplant waitlists

Read: 13/10/2021 arstechnica.com

A growing number of medical facilities across the country are directing coveted organ donations to patients who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, pushing people who remain unvaccinated down or even off of transplantation waitlists.

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