It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as ...

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

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

Two US biotech companies say the Food and Drug Administration has cleared them to conduct clinical trials of their ...

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

During a two-and-a-half-hour procedure, doctors at Mass General transplanted a kidney ... pig viruses. Dr. Leo Riella of Mass General Hospital explained, "So viruses that are inside the DNA ...

An Alabama woman who is the only living recipient of a pig organ transplant became the longest living person with a functioning pig organ on Saturday.

Towana Looney has now lived longer than any person with a kidney from a pig. Looney's body produces ... says she didn't have much of a choice. Inside Edition's Steven Fabian has more.

Looney’s vibrant recovery is a morale boost in the quest to make animal-to-human transplants a reality. Only four other Americans have received hugely experimental transplants of gene-edited pig ...