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A man received a new heart from a genetically modified pig, a medical first that could change the outlook for patients needing organ transplants.

Monday, January 10, 2022 4:01 PM EST

Scientists have worked feverishly to develop pigs whose organs would not be rejected by the human body, research accelerated in the past decade by new gene editing and cloning technologies.

This heart transplant comes just months after surgeons in New York successfully attached the kidney of a genetically engineered pig to a brain-dead person.

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