# First human transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney performed

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/first-human-transplant-of-a-genetically-modified-pig-kidney-performed/
- Published: 2024-03-23T10:00:44-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.npr.org