A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said.
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A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said.
Archived version: https://archive.ph/CrtrU
Likely no. The patient had several other severe health issues, any one of which (or, more likely, a combination of which) caused his death. His new mutant kidney was probably the healthiest thing inside him.