Doctors Transplant First Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Into Patient
Surgeons transplant a genetically modified pig kidney into a living human recipient at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Doctors successfully transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a man with end-stage disease, a step towards using animal sources to help alleviate critical shortages of organs available for procedures.
The 62-year-old patient is recovering from the four-hour procedure performed March 16 and is expected to be discharged soon, according to a statement from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The patient, Richard Slayman, had an earlier kidney transplant in 2018 that began failing last year.