
Massachusetts man receives successful pig kidney transplant: ‘Uncharted territory’
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Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a human patient, the hospital announced on Thursday. Here are details of the surgery.
After receiving his first kidney transplant from a human donor in 2017, Slayman’s organ began failing again in May 2023, when he went on dialysis. Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to melissa.rudy@fox.com.
He received the pig kidney — which was genetically edited to make it more compatible with a human recipient and to eliminate the risk of infection.
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