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For decades, scientists and surgeons around the world have been trying to solve the organ donor crisis. The answer could be ...
A team from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the first in the world to study the use of genetically engineered pig hearts for infants waiting for heart transplantation.  The study was led by John ...
A team led by Children's Hospital Los Angeles has become the first in the world to demonstrate the possibility of using ...
Although the setup required to accomplish this feat is currently complicated, this finding could provide more understanding ...
A new clinical trial will soon test if a pig liver can help people whose own livers have suddenly stopped working.
In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the ...
eGenesis received FDA approval last year to transplant genetically modified pig kidneys into patients with kidney failure. This patient was discharged from the hospital in February this year and ...
And in that surgery, they put the pig kidney into the donor. And it turns pink immediately, which is the big sign for a kidney transplant surgery. That’s what you wanna see, is this moment where ...
The kidney was removed Friday, The Times said. United Therapeutics Corporation, the biotech company that created the pig used in the transplant, said the organ had functioned well until the ...
The local biotech whose technology has already been used for pig-to-human organ transplants is now bringing its first program into the clinic. Cambridge biotech behind pig organ transplants to ...
Social Media Split After Bishop T.D. Jakes Retires from The Potter’s House In 2016, Looney was added to the kidney transplant list ... Instead, a pig’s kidney would be surgically implanted ...