A pig kidney has been transplanted into a living person for the first time ever https://t.co/dyrz8VBtqw
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Surgeons have transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig into a living person for the first time.
Richard Slayman, 62, who was suffering from end-stage kidney disease, was given the organ during a four-hour operation.
Doctors in Boston said he is recovering well and is expected to be discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital soon.
‘I saw it not only as a way to help me, but a way to provide hope for the thousands of people who need a transplant to survive,’ Mr Slayman said in a statement.