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  1. Groundbreaking Surgery: Patient Discharged After Receiving Pig Kidney Transplant

    Americas Groundbreaking Surgery: Patient Discharged After Receiving Pig Kidney Transplant

    Richard Slayman, aged 62, made medical history as the first recipient of a transplanted pig kidney, discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital after nearly three weeks post-operation. Slayman, suffering from type 2 diabetes and hypertension, received the genetically edited pig kidney in a...
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