Gene- edited pig kidney transplanted into human for the first time

Using genetically modified (基因改造) animal organs to treat humans is no longer anunrealizable (無法實現) dream. A patient with end-stage renal disease (末期腎病) has become the first human to receive a kidney from a gene-edited (基因編輯) pig. The transplant (移植手術) was performed by a team of surgeons in mid-March at Massachusetts General Hospital in the U.S. city of Boston. The 62-year-old patient, Richard Slayman, is recovering well and has been ...Read More