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Watch as a pig heart is transplanted into a human for the first time

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Watch as a pig heart is transplanted into a human for the first time

For the first time, a human has been given a transplant of a pig’s heart. David Bennett, 57, had the operation in Baltimore, Maryland, on 7 January.

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Pig heart is prepared for transplant

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How a pig heart was transplanted into a human for the first time

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Liver scan

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New form of liver dialysis could help people with failed organ recover

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Kidney donation surgery

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Vouchers for kidney donors help family members get a transplant

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Man's ear

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Eardrum implants made from pig guts could fix chronic glue ear

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Lungs

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Damaged human lungs revived for transplant by connecting them to a pig

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Spleen and liver

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Turning the spleen into a liver saves mice from fatal organ damage

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Mouse embryos that are 4 per cent human are step towards spare organs

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Mouse embryos that are 4 per cent human are step towards spare organs

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A shortage of donor organs mean many people die on waiting lists

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Slimming down fatty livers in the lab could boost donor organ supply

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Pigs

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Human genes have been added to pigs to create skin for transplants

The race to create pigs organs for human transplants is hotting up. Three teams have each added human genes to pigs to try to create rejection-proof skin

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Cell injection could train the body not to reject organ transplants

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New Ů��С��Ƶ ranks the top 10 discoveries of the decade

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Driverless cars and the other biggest sci and tech fails of the decade

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Exclusive: Two pigs engineered to have monkey cells born in China

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