Man survives longest ever pig kidney transplant
Learning English from the News

Man survives longest ever pig kidney transplant

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 9, 20268 min

A transplanted pig kidney has worked inside a patient for a record nine months. Learn about this news story in simpler English with Becca and Phil. Get a worksheet for this episode to practise the vocabulary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2026/260909 Learn more English about the topic of health here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/topics/health Sign up to our weekly newsletter here for more ways to improve your English: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/topics/health

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. I will show you the shop of the five things you can do. The first thing you can do is to find your own way of learning English. You can learn a lot of English.

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But you can also learn more about your own way of learning English. You can also learn English with your own way of learning English. You can learn English with your own way of learning English. the news our podcast about the news headlines.

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In this programme, a man lived with a pig's kidney for a record of 271 days. Hello, I'm Becca. And I'm Phil. In this programme, we'll look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines

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