Pig Kidney Transplant Trials 2024. Surgeons at massachusetts general hospital said they transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a living human for the first time. The successful transplantation of a pig kidney into a human marks a significant medical milestone, but experts caution that solving organ shortages remains a distant goal.

First pig kidney transplant in a person: Niederhaus became a kidney transplant surgeon because around her 12th birthday, one saved her life.