The hospital said there are more than 1,400 patients on the waiting list for a kidney transplant at MGH alone.
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The hospital explained that the pig kidney used for the transplant was genetically edited using technology to remove harmful pig genes and add certain human genes to improve its compatibility with humans. The hospital said the patient, Richard Slayman of Weymouth, Massachusetts, “is recovering well at MGH and is expected to be discharged soon.”
Mr Slayman’s Nephrologist, Winfred Williams described it as a “potential breakthrough” in solving one of the more intractable problems in our field, and be of particular benefit to ethnic minorities who suffer from high rates of kidney disease. Pig kidneys had been transplanted previously into brain-dead patients but Mr Slayman is the first living person to receive one.
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