BlackDoctor4d
FDA Approves Clinical Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans
FDA approves the first clinical trials for pig kidney transplants in humans, testing genetically modified pig organs.
The New York Times7d
Surgeons Transplant Engineered Pig Kidney Into Fourth Patient
It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as part of a new clinical trial sanctioned by the Food and Drug ...
WESH7d
Pig kidney transplant successfully completed at Massachusetts hospital
It’s a glimmer of hope."Richard Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, was the recipient of the world’s first successful transplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney. He died less than two months after ...
The Washington Post10d
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, an ...
The Business Journals7d
MGH completes its second pig-to-human kidney transplant
A Mass General Hospital surgical team has completed its second pig-to-human kidney transplant, less than a year after the hospital performed the world’s first such surgery. A Mass General ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston7d
Second pig kidney transplant successfully completed at Massachusetts General Hospital
It’s a glimmer of hope."Richard Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, was the recipient of the world’s first successful transplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney. He died less than two months after ...