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Posted: 5:54 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013

SC doctors use stem cell kidney transplant on cat

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SOUTH CAROLINA —

South Carolina doctors may have found a new way to fight kidney disease in humans using a cat.

Doctors performed a ground-breaking stem cell transplant on a 14-year-old cat with the disease on Monday.

Sabrina is now recovering.

Doctors hope similar treatments will someday help the 20 million Americans suffering from kidney disease.

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