Pig Kidney Works Inside Human Body for 2 Months

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A pig's kidney has been successfully functioning inside a human body for two months. Now, the medical breakthrough raises hopes for the future of animals to human transplants. Doctors at NYU Lago and health put the pig kidney inside the donated body of a man who was already deceased at the time. Researchers view animal to human transplants as a tool to help with the US S organ shortage. More than 100,000 people are on the national waiting list for an organ with most in need of a kidney. These types of experiments have failed in the past. But what's proven to be successful this time was modifying the pigs genetically. So they're more human like how interesting.