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

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

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.

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.

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.

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…