US surgeons perform first pig-to-human kidney transplant

2024-03-22 744

A 62-year old-man in Massachusetts with end-stage renal disease becomes the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig. The four-hour surgery was performed March 16 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

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