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.
Surgeons Perform Second Pig Kidney Transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital
A team at Massachusetts General Hospital led by Harvard Medical School physician-scientists has for the second time successfully transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a living person. The team performed the first surgery of its kind in the world in March 2024.
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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Experimental transplants with organs from gene-edited pigs see major steps forward
The January 25 procedure took place through the US ... medical director for kidney transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital, said in a statement. The practice of transplanting animal ...
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eGenesis announces 2nd pig kidney procedure success, as xenotransplantation field moves forward
Genesis announced that it has completed its second successful human transplant with a genetically engineered pig kidney, with ...