And it could not be better timed—the first US-based clinical trials of pig kidney transplantation into living humans begin ...

With xenotransplantation -- animal-to-human transplantation -- poised to address the global organ shortage crisis, a ...

A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human kidney ...

Fast forward to late 2023, when patients at a National Kidney Foundation meeting with FDA officials and pig developers described a life so miserable on dialysis that they, too, would chance an ...

The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig organs prove safe and will alleviate the organ shortage and save lives.

Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a third person, ... Senate passes Trump’s tax-cut bill that would slash Medicaid spending ... The year is half over.

The successful transplant of a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient has raised hopes that cutting-edge technology can make pig organs safe for other transplant patients. Towana Looney, a 53 ...

The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig organs prove safe and will alleviate the organ shortage and save lives.

During a two-and-a-half-hour procedure, doctors at Mass General transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig. The modifications were made to increase compatibility with humans and reduce ...

New Hampshire man gets pig kidney transplant from Mass General Hospital. Updated . February ... was in surgery for two and a half hours on Jan. 25. He walked out of the hospital, holding his wife ...

The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig organs prove safe and will alleviate the organ shortage and save lives.