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the hope is that he won t. the hope really is that the donor parts will keep growing along with him. of course, it s important to be able to keep following this and see it done many more times to see how well it continues to work, but he will need immunosuppressive drugs because he has these donated parts, but the hope is that it won t be the way it was before, where he would have to get multiple surgeries. on a question of this getting replicated, have there been other kids that have gotten the same kind of transplant? there have now. owen was the first, but since, there have been 12 more of these procedures, including nine at duke health, where this was pioneered, and the doctor who pioneered this work. when owen s parents asked the doctor, how many times have you done this before? he said, i have done it five times on piglets. owen and his family are really, true pioneers. good for him. i hope nothing but help for his future. ....

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