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Celebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney donated to him as a teenager

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zorobo · 1791063899 · focus · HN ↗
I read somewhere that transplanted organs adopt the age of the recipient, contradicting the hopes of people who want to live forever by replacing their organs regularly.
Didn’t Putin allude to that recently ?
In any case that’d be good news, it would augment the organ availability by allowing older donors!
1. bjornsing · 1791064491 · focus · HN ↗
  Yeah Putin was heard talking / bragging to Xi about it not so long ago, if I remember correctly.
  1. lostlogin · 1791146303 · focus · HN ↗
    The idea that Putin dies of old age is hilarious.
    He is a scared man - I don’t think ‘paranoid’ is the right word, as his fear is legitimate.
    <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-20/putin-russia-ukraine-inside-secret-world-election/107160036" rel="nofollow">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-20/putin-russia-ukraine-...

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