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• US surgeons test pig kidney transplant in a human
  The kidney, from a genetically-altered pig, appeared to function well, say the surgical team.
• Should the government do more to protect the NHS?
  Doctors fear they could be overwhelmed, but new measures are still not being deployed in England.
• Gene silencing medicine transforms crippling pain
  The NHS is set to fund innovative therapy that patients say has given them their lives back.
• Covid: UK cases top 50,000 for first time in three months
  Boris Johnson is urging those eligible for a third dose to organise appointments straight away.
• Covid: Doctors call for Covid Plan B to start in England
  A doctors' union says ministers must reimpose measures such as compulsory face masks as cases rise.