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Are solid animal organs being transplanted into human beings today?

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Are solid animal organs being transplanted into human beings today?

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No. (At least none have been authorized or reported in sanctioned medical or scientific circles.) Research today is all preclinical, that is to say, xenotransplants of organs from one animal to another—primarily, from miniature swine or pigs to baboons.