NYU Langone physicians see success with transplantation of pig kidney in human body

The scramble to find kidneys for transplants or the long waits on a list amid a usable organ shortage could come to an end in the future. The use of gene-edited pig kidneys could vastly increase supply and help meet life-saving demand for patients, Robert Montgomery, MD, PhD, the director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute explained during an Aug. 16 press conference. 

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