A Monkey Got a New Kidney From a Pig—and Lived for 2 Years
Human donor kidneys are in short supply. A new experiment that tested gene-edited organ transplants in monkeys showed that pig kidneys may one day be viable substitutes. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
October 12, 20237m 13s
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Human donor kidneys are in short supply. A new experiment that tested gene-edited organ transplants in monkeys showed that pig kidneys may one day be viable substitutes.
Read this story here.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices