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China performs first ever combined transplant of pig liver and kidney to human
China performs first ever combined transplant of pig liver and kidney to human The organs worked for five days, offering evidence that transplanting multiple organs between the species is feasible A Chinese team has transplanted a pig’s kidneys and liver into a patient who had suffered brain death, a world first which may pave the way for multi-organ animal-to-human transplants. After the operation, the organs functioned within the 53-year-old man for nearly five days before the study was...
How a pig farm dispute exposed fault lines in Malaysia’s multiracial politics
Pig farmers in the central state of Selangor have spent years trying to keep their business out of Malaysia’s culture wars. A royal decree has dragged them straight into one. The state’s decision to shut down pig farms, prompted by Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, Selangor’s hereditary ruler, has transformed a long-standing local dispute over pollution and odour into a flashpoint touching on royal influence, the livelihoods of a minority community and the delicate balancing act facing...
Breeding pig transport drives the dispersal of swine influenza A virus across Europe
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Fed up with being taken for granted? Spoilt pig syndrome could change your life | Polly Hudson
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Author Correction: Physiology and immunology of a pig-to-human decedent kidney xenotransplant
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How campaigners beat industrial farming in Denmark’s ‘pig election’
Mette Frederiksen’s new government promises overhaul for people – and animals – in home of ultra-intensive farmingLike all new prime ministers, when Mette Frederiksen secured a third consecutive term as Denmark’s head of government this week, she promised her administration would take steps to “improve the everyday lives” of the country’s inhabitants. Unlike most new prime ministers, however, she specified that her left-leaning coalition’s policy programme would be not just for “the people...
How campaigners beat industrial farming in Denmark’s ‘pig election’
Mette Frederiksen’s new government promises overhaul for people – and animals – in home of ultra-intensive farmingLike all new prime ministers, when Mette Frederiksen secured a third consecutive term as Denmark’s head of government this week, she promised her administration would take steps to “improve the everyday lives” of the country’s inhabitants. Unlike most new prime ministers, however, she specified that her left-leaning coalition’s policy programme would be not just for “the people...