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Today at the American Legion Post 512 Memorial Day program, dozens of veterans came to not only honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to our nation, but to discuss ways to push the next generation forward.
In a groundbreaking leap, xenotransplantation propels from science fiction to reality as gene-edited pig kidneys save lives.
Richard "Rick" Slayman successfully received a genetically modified pig kidney during a 4-hour surgery in March at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Kidneys are the most common organs needed for transplant; end-stage kidney disease rates are expected to increase from 29% to 68% in the US by 2030.
The 62-year-old Massachusetts man who received the world’s first successful transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney was discharged from a Boston hospital on Wednesday.