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Kidney transplant from mother to daughter becomes oldest in world

A mother-to-daughter kidney transplant set a world record as the oldest such procedure performed.

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Notícias ao Minuto
“Rim transplantado de mãe para filha torna-se o mais velho do mundo”

Machine translation: Kidney transplanted from mother to daughter becomes the oldest in the world

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SAPO Notícias
“Um rim doado de mãe para filha no Brasil, em 1969, atingiu os 111 anos de idade biológica e tornou-se o rim transplantado mais velho do mundo.”

A kidney donated from mother to daughter in Brazil in 1969 reached 111 biological years and became the oldest transplanted kidney in the world.

Quase 60 anos após a cirurgia, a paciente continua a viver sem complicações de saúde.

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