Pig, Kidney Transplant

Another Person Has Received a Pig Kidney Transplant
Another patient has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in Concord, N.H., has end-stage kidney disease and had been on dialysis for more than two years to compensate for his failing kidney function.
MGH performs its second, world’s fourth genetically altered pig kidney transplant
The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for more than two years.
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.
NH man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney after MGH transplant
The surgery comes at a turning point in the quest to tell if animal-to-human transplants could help ease the shortage of donated human organs.
MGH completes its second pig-to-human kidney transplant
A Mass General Hospital surgical team has completed its second pig-to-human kidney transplant, less than a year after the hospital performed the world’s first such surgery.
FDA Approves First Human Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants
The FDA has given approval for the first clinical trials of pig kidney transplants in humans, representing a significant advancement in addressing the organ shortage crisis.
FDA approves pig organ transplant trials for patients with kidney failure
The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a long wait for human organ transplants.
Boston Surgeons Successfully Transplant Pig Kidney in Fourth Patient
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S.The
Second pig kidney transplant successfully completed at Massachusetts General Hospital
For the second time in less than a year, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically-edited pig kidney into a living person.
Fourth person receives eGenesis’ gene-edited pig kidney transplant
The transplant, part of a three-person compassionate use study, used a pig kidney with 69 gene edits provided by U
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FDA Approves Clinical Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans
FDA approves the first clinical trials for pig kidney transplants in humans, testing genetically modified pig organs.
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A Second Person Has Received a Pig Kidney Transplant
The hope is that pig kidneys could help ease the organ-shortage problem in the U.S. According to the transplant team, Andrews had just a 9% chance of receiving a human kidney in the next five ...