New Zealand firm aims to supply pig kidneys for human transplant

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New Zealand firm aims to supply pig kidneys for human transplant

Martin

Johnston

mjohnston@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 17 July 2024, 02:45 PM

Research company NZeno is working on the concept of transplanting organs from genetically edited Auckland Island pigs into humans [Image: Wikimedia Commons] 

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