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Rick Suleiman, pictured here at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, became the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig. Michelle Rose/Massachusetts General Hospital Hide caption …

Nature First human pig kidney transplant: what it means for the future Surgeons in Massachusetts perform the world's first genetically modified pig kidney transplant in a living human. Boston, …March …

Woman becomes first person to receive both pig kidney transplant and heart pump A woman with life-threatening heart and kidney disease has become the second person in history to receive …

David Ayares, Revivicor’s president and chief scientific officer, holds a piglet raised for research on his farm in Montgomery County, Virginia. NPR’s Scott P. Yates hide caption toggle caption NPR’s …