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2024 saw the first living people to receive pig kidney transplants
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Robert Montgomery with a genetic pork kidneys in the operating room during a wreath transplantation
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On March 16, Richard Celine became The first alive person To receive the genetically modified pork. Less than a month later, Lisa Pisano became the second. Now, Towana Lovey is the third, after undergoing the procedure on November 25.
All three surgeries are a great achievement in the transplantation of foreigners, the transportation of animal organs to people, and they laid the foundation for a small human experience that we hope will start in a year. Robert Montgomery In NYU Langone …