Doctors in the US perform the first kidney transplant from a pig into a person.

Washington: Doctors in the US have done wonders by transplanting a pig’s kidney into a human for the first time in the world. Before transplanting this kidney, American surgeons have also genetically edited it. The pig’s kidney was then successfully transplanted into a 62-year-old patient. A large team of surgeons in Boston, United States, has announced a successful transplant of a pig kidney in a patient. It is being seen as a big revolution in the medical world.

Doctors in the US perform the first kidney transplant from a pig into a person.
American doctors have long researched the world’s first genetically engineered pig kidney to transplant it into a patient. After this, the doctors did this transplant. American doctors said that it is the world’s first genetically engineered pig kidney. According to the AP report, doctors in Boston operated on the last stage kidney patient at Massachusetts General Hospital. Doctors performed this successful transplant after surgery for about four hours. Previously, pig kidneys were temporarily transplanted into brain-dead donors.

Doctors in the US perform the first kidney transplant from a pig into a person.

Unfortunately, two individuals died within a few months after receiving heart transplants from pigs. After this, the doctors put a stop to it. But the team of American doctors has now done this new wonder. Doctors will now monitor this patient for many years. If this experiment is successful, it will benefit millions of kidney patients.

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