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Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital perform a groundbreaking procedure (Photo: Massachusetts General Hospital) Doctors in Boston have performed the world's first kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig to a …

Laurence Fauset underwent surgery in Maryland last month. Photo: AP Laurence Fauset, who underwent a pig heart transplant at the University of Maryland School of Medicine last month, has passed …

A pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a human patient for the first time, in what could be a major scientific breakthrough. For years, people have believed the method …

Surgeons in Boston have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a sick 62-year-old man in the first surgery of its kind. If successful, this breakthrough could offer hope to …