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Human Receives First Transplant Of ‘Genetically-Edited Pig Kidney’

A man received the “first genetically-edited pig kidney transplant” in a human patient Saturday at a Boston hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital said.

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) announced in a press release Thursday that its surgeons transplanted a “genetically-edited pig kidney” into Richard “Rick” Slayman, who they said will be “discharged soon.” Slayman is “recovering well” from the four-hour procedure carried out March 16.

The pig kidney surgeons transplanted into the patient no longer contained dangerous pig genes as a result of its genetic modification, the press release stated. Human genes were also added to the animal organ through genetic editing.

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2 thoughts on “Human Receives First Transplant Of ‘Genetically-Edited Pig Kidney’”

  1. Scientific achievement always escapes its loosely imposed limits. Science fiction becomes reality. Not so much the Jetson kind of stuff, but more like every zombie movie ever made.

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