First human transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney performed

Image caption: Surgeons perform the first transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Image credit: Michelle Rose / Massachusetts General Hospital. Article by Rob Stein. NPR – March 21, 2024.

For the first time, surgeons have transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig into a living person, doctors in Boston said Thursday. Richard Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Mass., who is suffering from end-stage kidney disease, received the organ Saturday in a four-hour procedure, Massachusetts General Hospital announced. […]

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