Another Person Has Received a Pig Kidney Transplant
Another patient has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in ...
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First Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Functioned Until Recipient's Death
In April 2024, a 54-year-old New Jersey woman became the first-ever patient to undergo combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant surgery at NYU Langone Health in New ...
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 ...
FDA approves pig organ transplant trials for patients with kidney failure
The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...
Springfield-raised performer brings benefit show home, raises money for kidney transplant
Brandon Looney, who grew up in the Ozarks, is bringing his benefit show to the Landers for one night as he raises money for ...
MGH performs its second, world’s fourth genetically altered pig kidney transplant
The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for ...
NH man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney after MGH transplant
“This is uncharted territory,” said Mass General’s Dr. Tatsuo Kawai, who led both Andrews’ surgery and the world’s first pig ...
Second pig kidney transplant successfully completed at Massachusetts General Hospital
For the second time in less than a year, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically-edited pig ...
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Surgeons Perform Second Pig Kidney Transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital
A team at Massachusetts General Hospital led by Harvard Medical School physician-scientists has for the second time ...
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 ...
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Kidney transplant access increased for non-citizens in three states after policy change
Access to kidney transplants increased for undocumented immigrants in Illinois, Minnesota and Massachusetts following state ...
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Epstein-Barr Virus Might Help Trigger Cancer After Kidney Transplant
FRIDAY, Feb. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) – Kidney transplants can be lifesaving, but a new study suggests that some recipients ...