Doctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced Thursday.
The four-hour surgery was performed Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital, which was also the first hospital to perform a kidney transplant in 1954.
The patient, Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old manager with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation who had been diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease, is recovering well and expected to be discharged from the hospital soon. READ MORE FROM CNN
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