MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S. The recipient of the genetically modified pig organ was a 66-year-old man with kidney failure, surgeons said.

The transplant, part of a three-person compassionate use study, used a pig kidney with 69 gene edits provided by U

The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for more than two years.