NYU Langone Transplant Institute performs genetically engineered pig kidney xenotransplant, and longest observation of functioning pig kidney in human body. (IMAGE)

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine

NYU Langone Transplant Institute performs genetically engineered pig kidney xenotransplant, and longest observation of functioning pig kidney in human body.

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Jeffrey Stern, MD, (left) and Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, prepare to implant a genetically modified pig kidney into the abdomen.

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Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health

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