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He tried to save his father by building an artificial heart. His creation could replace organ transplants • Apr. 22, 2025, 10:40 PM ET (The Telegraph)
Exclusive: Longest human transplant of pig kidney fails • Apr. 12, 2025, 1:09 AM ET (Science | AAAS)

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Segev, Dorry
Dorry Segev
Israeli-born surgeon
James D. Hardy
American surgeon
DeBakey, Michael
Michael DeBakey
American surgeon
Murray, Joseph E.
Joseph E. Murray
American physiologist
Christiaan Barnard
Christiaan Barnard
South African surgeon
Alexis Carrel.
Alexis Carrel
French surgeon, sociologist, and biologist
Ross Granville Harrison
American zoologist
Peter B. Medawar, 1960.
Sir Peter B. Medawar
British zoologist

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