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Good News Fridays: Why An Experimental Pig Kidney Transplant Offers New Hope For Thousands Awaiting Donors

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Welcome to the Good News Fridays segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Good News Fridays will feature something good, wholesome, positive, and overall something great. After a long and stressful week, we all need something good to read or watch on Fridays! Enjoy a heartwarming post below!

NYU Langone Health announced a groundbreaking transplant of a gene-edited pig kidney into a 53-year-old Alabama woman. Now free from dialysis, she is the only person in the world living with a pig organ, marking a major step forward as over 90,000 Americans wait for kidney transplants. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook shares more details.

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