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Brain-Dead Patient From Alabama Successfully Receives Pig Kidneys Through First Clinical-Grade Xenotransplantation Surgery

Medicine & Technology Jan 20, 2022

Jim Parsons, a brain-dead patient from Alabama, received a pig's kidney organs through the first clinical-grade xenotransplantation procedure.

Brain Functions Several Minutes After Death, Heart Dies First

Mar 14, 2017

It is going to take a while for the brain to cease functioning even if the body has died. Doctors at a Canadian intensive care unit accidentally stumbled on a patient that continues to experience brainwaves for about 10 minutes after his life support was cut.

Brain dead

Brain-Dead Patient From Alabama Successfully Receives Pig Kidneys Through First Clinical-Grade Xenotransplantation Surgery

Brain Functions Several Minutes After Death, Heart Dies First

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