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US surgeon transplants pig kidney to patient, world’s first

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US surgeon transplants pig kidney to patient, world's first

Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons successfully transplant pig kidney into living patient

Washington:

A team of surgeons has successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a living patient for the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday.

The four-hour surgery was performed on a 62-year-old man with end-stage renal disease on Saturday, the hospital said.

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