by Brian Shilhavy, Health Impact News:

The first man to receive a genetically modified pig kidney died last month, just two months after the transplant.

The transplant was done in March (2024), with much fanfare over being the first person to receive a pig kidney.

In a first, doctors at Mass General transplanted a pig kidney into a living patient

Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital on Thursday said they have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a human living with kidney disease, the first such procedure in the world.