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[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Past attempts were, technically, successful. The problem with the patients was that they were already on the edge of death. A new human kidney might not have saved them either.

Not that these things don’t still need some work, which is why they’re still experimental.