US medical professionals make a miracle by performing the first kidney transplant from a pig into a living person, recovery underway
Doctors successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living human.
Doctors said that 62-year-old Rick Sleman's condition is improving & can be discharged from the hospital soon.
Pig kidney transplant in living humans is the first of its kind, despite ongoing research in animal-to-human transplantation, raising hopes for future animal organ transplants.
Sleman, a patient with diabetes, hypertension, and suffering from kidney failure. In 2023, he resumed dialysis, and doctors suggested a pig's kidney for him.
Sleman sees animal organ transplants as hope for kidney disease patients. Successful animal transplants, including heart transplants from pigs to humans, could help alleviate the daily death toll from kidney disease.