Surgeons at NYU transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally. It’s a critical step toward eventually trying in living patients. (Aug. 16) (AP video/Shelby Lum)

Putting pig organs to a key test in donated bodies

Surgeons at NYU transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally. It’s a critical step toward eventually trying in living patients. (Aug. 16) (AP video/Shelby Lum)