A new kind of gene-edited pig kidney was just transplanted into a person

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A month ago, Richard Slayman became the first living person to receive a kidney transplant from a gene-edited pig. Now, a team of researchers from NYU Langone Health reports that Lisa Pisano, a 54-year-old woman from New Jersey, has become the second. Her new kidney has just a single genetic modification—an approach that researchers hope…

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/24/1091734/pig-kidney-transplant-thymus/