New Hampshire man is 2nd recipient of a pig kidney from Massachusetts General Hospital
For the second time, Massachusetts General Hospital has transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a human.
The New York Times8d
Surgeons Transplant Engineered Pig Kidney Into Fourth Patient
A 66-year-old man from New Hampshire became the fourth person to receive a pig’s kidney. By Roni Caryn Rabin Surgeons in Boston successfully transplanted the kidney of a genetically modified ...
New York Post7d
New Hampshire man who ‘was ready to fight’ becomes second known person living with pig kidney
A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment.
Medical Xpress11d
US greenlights pig kidney transplant trials
Pigs have emerged as ideal donors: they grow quickly, produce large litters, and are already part of the human food supply.
The Washington Post11d
FDA approves pig organ transplant trials for patients with kidney failure
The Food and Drug Administration has given two biotechnology companies approval for clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs into patients with kidney failure ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston7d
Second pig kidney transplant successfully completed at Massachusetts General Hospital
NEWSCENTER 5. ALL RIGHT, SARA, THANK YOU. FOR THE SECOND TIME, MASS GENERAL HAS TRANSPLANTED A KIDNEY FROM A PIG TO A PERSON. IT’S JUST THE FOURTH TIME THIS PROCEDURE HAS BEEN DONE ANYWHERE IN ...
USA Today11d
She's a medical miracle. Could her animal transplant success be just the beginning?
Looney has been living for 10 weeks with a kidney from a pig instead of her own. The longest anyone has survived with an organ from another species had been 60 days. The woman from Gadsen ...
The Boston Globe7d
MGH performs its second, world’s fourth genetically altered pig kidney transplant
Less than a year after becoming the first hospital in the world to transplant a genetically-edited pig kidney into a living recipient, Massachusetts General Hospital successfully completed its ...