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"First-Ever Transplant: Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Successfully Implanted in Human"

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"First-Ever Transplant: Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Successfully Implanted in Human"
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Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the first transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a living human, marking a significant medical milestone. The patient, Rick Slayman, is recovering well after the four-hour surgery and is expected to be discharged soon. This breakthrough could potentially address the shortage of organs for transplantation and provide hope for thousands of people in need of transplants to survive.

Topics:top-newshealth#health#medical-milestone#organ-shortage#organ-transplant#pig-kidney#xenotransplantation
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  1. Pig kidney transplanted into living person for first time  CNN
  2. Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney Into a Patient, a Medical Milestone  The New York Times
  3. A Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Person for the First Time  WIRED
  4. World’s First: Mass General transplants pig kidney into a 62-year-old Weymouth man  Boston Herald
  5. Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Is Transplanted Into Living Patient  The Wall Street Journal

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