Up to 50 transplant patients will receive a genetically modified pig kidney in a clinical trial that will launch this summer ...
On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...
The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...
Another patient has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in ...
The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.
The FDA has approved the first-ever clinical trials for pig kidney transplants in humans marking a breakthrough in tackling ...
Locke sees it as a benefit to have multiple companies with different genetic ... at 74 days post-transplant, Looney holds the record for the longest-living recipient of a pig organ and is the ...
Andrews' pig kidney is possible because of several new genetic advances ... t benefit from the transplant. “Xenotransplant represents a turning point by eliminating organ shortage as a barrier ...