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Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant
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Alex Berrios walks into his dialysis session in Louisville, Ky., on Oct. 4, 2024. - photo by AP Photo/Shelby Lum
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began experimenting with pig organs in humans. People worried they’ll never get a scarce human transplant asked: When could we get a pig kidney? Alex Berrios of Louisville, Kentucky, needs a second transplant but finding another human match is proving impossible.