Surgeons Transplant Engineered Pig Kidney Into Fourth Patient
It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as part of a new clinical trial sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration. Two of the previous patients died shortly after the procedure, including one who was critically ill before the transplant.
FDA approves the first clinical trials for pig kidney transplants in humans, testing genetically modified pig organs.
For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them.
The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...
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