Human gets gene-edited pig kidney
Podcast |
The Current
Publisher |
CBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News & Politics
Publication Date |
Mar 25, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:11:48

A 62-year-old man has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig. Science writer Megan Molteni tells us how the gene-editing technology CRISPR made this possible, and the potential for xenotransplantation — the transplantation of organs from one species to another.

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