Surgeons perform world's first pig kidney transplant into a human

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Doctors Take Another Step Toward Animal-to-Human Organ Transplants With the First Pig Kidney Transplant

The experimental procedure was done on a man experiencing end-stage kidney failure last week who had been on the transplant waiting list for two years

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Surgeons Achieve 'Groundbreaking' Pig-to-Human Kidney Transplant

Gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 enhances pig-to-human kidney compatibility, signals advancement in mitigating vital organ shortage dilemma for patients with terminal health conditions.

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Pig kidney has started working, patient's condition is good. If there are no complications, this procedure may mark a breakthrough in animal organ transplantation.

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It was done in the United States, the first pig kidney transplant on a living patient. It's a great hope for the millions of patients on waiting lists around the world.

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A team of doctors from a hospital in American Boston successfully performed the world's first kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig to a living human. According to doctors, 62-year-old patient Richard Slayman from the town of Weymouth in the state of Massachusetts is doing well after the operation and may be discharged soon.

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Pig kidney successfully transplanted into 62-year-old in US

A pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a living human, a United States hospital announced on Thursday. Massachusetts General Hospital said the genetically-edited pig kidney was transplanted into a 62-year-old man living with end-stage kidney disease. Surgeons from the Mass General Transplant Centre conducted the four-hour surgery on Saturday. The procedure marked a major milestone in the quest to provide more readily available orga…