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The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began ...

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She became the third human to receive a genetically engineered pig’s kidney, raising hopes for thousands of Americans on the ...

Among people with dialysis-dependent kidney failure, a form of psychological therapy called pain coping skills training ...