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A third person has received a transplant
A woman in US’ New York has become the world’s first to receive a genetically modified pig’s kidney. Towana Looney was referred to the hospital last month after she developed kidney failure and was on waitlist for a kidney transplant. Towana is off of dialysis and her doctors said that she is in good health.
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Would you sell one of your organs?
Jennifer Stasieluk and her daughter Marzena Stasieluk, who got a liver from a deceased donor for their kidney transplants, said they had to get it as Marzena needed a new liver for a kidney transplant. Marzena has multiple types of respiratory disease. Jennifer’s immune response was sufficient and Marzena spent five days recovering and 11…