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 ...

A biotechnology company in Research Triangle Park has taken a major step to develop a new option for patients in need of a ...

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

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S.The ...

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 ...

A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be ...

Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted a pig kidney into a 66-year-old patient with end-stage kidney disease.