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Agence France-Presse (AFP)

US Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney To Live Patient In World First

In this image courtesy of Massachusetts General Hospital, surgeons prepare a pig kidney for transplant into a living patient (Credit: AFP)

US surgeons have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient for the first time, the hospital said Thursday, a procedure that could help address the chronic shortage of donor organs.

The four-hour operation was carried out on Saturday on a 62-year-old man suffering from end-stage kidney disease, Massachusetts General Hospital said.

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