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The first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human was undertaken by Chinese researchers last year, according to a new, peer-reviewed study. The patient was clinically brain ...

Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital, Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Boston, Mass.

A man in Massachusetts just became the first person to receive a pig kidney transplant. Scientists have been developing genetically engineered pigs as a way to address the critical lack of human ...

Doctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced Thursday. The four-hour surgery was performed Saturday at Massachusetts ...

Mass. Hospital Announces First Successful Transplant of Genetically Modified Pig Kidney into Living Human The 62-year-old man had diabetes, hypertension and previously underwent kidney surgery By ...

In a world first, doctors in Boston have performed a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig into a human. The kidney was taken from the pig and transferred to a 62-year-old man who was ...

The pig kidney was modified using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, allowing researchers to add human genes to improve the compatibility, and remove harmful pig genes.