Up to 50 transplant patients will receive a genetically modified pig kidney in a clinical trial that will launch this summer ...

What is a kidney scan? A kidney scan is an imaging test that looks at your kidneys. Your health care provider can also see how well blood is flowing in your kidneys. A kidney scan is also called a ...

The second person ever 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 ...

David-Alexandre C. Gros, MD, CEO at Eledon, discusses the milestone and the role of immunosuppression regimens for durable ...

Massachusetts General Hospital announced that Tim Andrews recovered well enough from the transplant to leave the hospital a ...

FDA approves the first clinical trials for pig kidney transplants in humans, testing genetically modified pig organs.

MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth ...

A 66-year-old New Hampshire man received the kidney as part of a small pilot study at Mass General Brigham. United Therapeutics, another developer of gene-edited pig organs, just won FDA approval for ...

Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully completed its second xenotransplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney into ...

When Timothy Andrews learned he was a candidate for tan experimental pig kidney implant, he wanted to help pave the way.