Pig kidney transplant patient leaves hospital - BBC News

The procedure was hailed as a historic step as doctors tackle a widespread organ donor shortage.

12 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Massachussets General HospitalImage caption, Rick Slayman (seated) pictured with his partner and team of doctorsBy Nadine YousifBBC NewsThe first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has been discharged from hospital.

The 62-year-old was sent home on Wednesday, two weeks after the ground-breaking surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

Organ transplants from genetically modified pigs have failed in the past.

But the success of this procedure so far has been hailed by scientists as a historic milestone in the field of transplantation.

The news was shared in a press release on Wednesday by MGH, which is Harvard Medical School's largest teaching hospital in the US city of Boston.

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