The world's first recipient of a pig kidney transplant, a 62-year-old man, has died, his family announced on Saturday. Richard Suleiman underwent a four-hour surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in …
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Lung Transplantation
Baby takes first breath on his own after rare double lung transplant
by ABC Newsby ABC NewsA six-month-old girl born with a life-threatening lung disease can now breathe on her own thanks to a rare double lung condition. Transplantation. Shortly after she was born on Nov. …
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Heart Transplantation
Woman becomes first patient to receive combined heart pump transplant and pig kidney transplant
by ABC Newsby ABC NewsIn an unprecedented procedure, a terminally ill patient received a gene-edited pig kidney transplant and also became the first patient in the world to be surgically implanted with a mechanical …