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The organ transplant wait list is huge: Can pig organs help? | 5 Things

The organ transplant wait list is huge: Can pig organs help? | 5 Things

U.S. surgeons have completed over a million transplant operations since they started doing them nearly 70 years ago. Still, each year about 100,000 Americans sit on the waiting list. Many more never even qualify for the list. The problem is one of basic supply and demand. Dr. Robert Montgomery, director of the Transplant Institute at NYU Langone Health is hoping …

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