WARNING: This story contains graphic images | A 62-year-old man with end-stage kidney disease has become the first human to receive a new genetically modified kidney from a pig. Officials at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston say the patient is recovering well and is expected to be discharged soon.
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First-ever pig-to-human kidney transplant
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pig human kidney transplantgenetically modified pig kidneyrenal diseaseorgan transplantpig human organ transplantMassachusetts General HospitalBostonDr. Tatsuo KawaiDr. Leonardo RiellaDirector of Kidney TransplantationRichard Slaymandialysisexperimental surgerygene editing technology CRISPRart caplanCBCCBC NewsThe NationalChristine Birak
