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Massachusetts man receives successful pig kidney transplant: ‘Uncharted territory’

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a human patient, the hospital announced on Thursday. The 62-year-old patient, Richard Slayman of Weymouth, Massachusetts, had end-stage kidney disease, according to a press release from the hospital.  After receiving his first kidney transplant from a human donor in 2017, Slayman’s organ

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Ban on pig products from Singapore lifted

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted a temporary ban on pig products originating from Singapore as cases of African swine fever (ASF) have ended with no additional outbreaks. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. issued Memorandum Order (MO) 74 allowing the entry or importation of domestic and wild pigs, and their products originating from

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Police Officers Catch Runaway Pig Near Busy New Jersey Roadway

An escaped pig named Albert Einswine gave New Jersey police officers a run for their money before the animal was eventually captured, according to a Facebook post by the department. The four-year-old animal could be seen dodging officers in Deptford Township – near Philadelphia – as they responded to a report of a “loose pig.”

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Pig heart recipient’s ‘last wish’ was to help doctors learn from procedure, dying man said: ‘We will miss him’

Lawrence Faucette, the recipient of the world’s second genetically modified pig heart transplant, has died nearly six weeks after the surgery, as announced by the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) on Tuesday. The 20-year Navy veteran and married father of two was 58 years old. Faucette, who suffered from end-stage heart disease, had the

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