Pioneering pig-to-human kidney transplant performed in U.S.

A 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announces.

Pioneering pig-to-human kidney transplant performed in U.S.
A nurse removes the pig kidney for its box to prepare for transplantation into a human at Massachusetts General Hospital.

A 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announces.