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March 25, 2024

Another day, another medical breakthrough. 

On March 16, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital achieved a “first” when they successfully transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a 62-year-old man with kidney disease. The kidney, which was edited using CRISPR-Cas9 technology to remove harmful pig genes and add others to improve compatibility with humans, contained 69 “edits” and took four hours to transplant. Chalk up a major victory for xenotransplantation. 

A doctor later called the patient a “beacon of hope” for others suffering with kidney disease. Is it me, or is it somewhat ironic that he chose a word one letter off from the word “bacon?” Nah, it’s probably just me. 

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