Pig kidney works a record two months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants.
AP reports: "By pushing the boundaries of research with the dead, the scientists learned critical lessons they’re preparing to share with the Food and Drug Administration — in hopes of eventually testing pig kidneys in the living."
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