First pig-to-human kidney transplant performed by US surgeons

Reuters 03/22/2024

A 62-year-old man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced on Thursday. The four-hour surgery, performed on…

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