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Keith Reemtsma

Age: 74

surgeon known for his pioneering work in cross-species and human transplants. In 1964 he performed the first chimpanzee-human organ transplant. The recipient of a kidney lived for nine months.

Died: Manhattan, June 23, 2000

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