Patient With Transplanted Pig Kidney Leaves Hospital for Home

Patient With Transplanted Pig Kidney Leaves Hospital for Home

The New York Times-Science·2024-04-04 06:03

The first patient to receive a kidney transplanted from a genetically modified pig has fared so well that he has been discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, just two weeks after the groundbreaking surgery.

The transplant and its encouraging outcome represent a remarkable moment in medicine, scientists say, possibly heralding an era of cross-species organ transplantation.

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