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Limits RegistrySurgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital performed the first transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney into a living human patient, Richard Slayman, in March 2024 — following an earlier genetically modified pig heart transplant into patient David Bennett Sr. at the University of Maryland in January 2022 (who survived 2 months). The 2024 kidney xenotransplant marked a major milestone in addressing the human organ shortage.
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Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital performed the first transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney into a living human patient, Richard Slayman, in March 2024 — following an earlier genetically modified pig heart transplant into patient David Bennett Sr. at the University of Maryland in January 2022 (who survived 2 months). The 2024 kidney xenotransplant marked a major milestone in addressing the human organ shortage.
The date of the first documented transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney or heart into a living human patient, as reported by the performing hospital and peer-reviewed medical literature.
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Limits Registry. LR-FIRST-SUCCESSFUL-XENOTRANSPLANT-GENETICALLY-MODIFIED-PIG-ORGAN. First transplant of a genetically modified pig organ into a living human. 2026.