For only the second time ever – and the first involving a clinical-grade organ – a genetically modified pig kidney has successfully been transplanted into a brain-dead human body, in a milestone example of xenotransplantation.
Investegate announcements from University of Alabama at Birmi, UAB announces first clinical-grade transplant of gene-edited pig kidneys into brain-dead human
NEWS HIGHLIGHTSUAB researchers have achieved several world's firsts with pig-to-human kidney transplant: First peer-reviewed/published (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajt.16930) study
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