Richard Suleiman, the world’s first living human to receive a kidney transplant from a pig, has been released from Massachusetts General Hospital and continues to recover at home. Suleiman, 62, …
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Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
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For the first time, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a pig kidney into a living patient.
Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced Thursday that they have transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney into a human suffering from kidney disease. This is the world’s first attempt. Doctors …