Up to 50 transplant patients will receive a genetically modified pig kidney in a clinical trial that will launch this summer ...

The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.

Another patient has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in ...

On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...

But Riella said intense exams showed Andrews’ “heart was in the best shape ... early to know how Andrews will fare but if the ...

A team at Massachusetts General Hospital led by Harvard Medical School physician-scientists has for the second time ...

Animal organs have been under development as a possible substitute for human ones ... especially the two heart transplant patients who went before her did not survive. The pig organ is so healthy ...

The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for ...

Two US biotech companies say the Food and Drug Administration has cleared them to conduct clinical trials of their ...

For the second time in less than a year, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically-edited pig ...

Many patients die awaiting transplant ... which can be fatiguing and increase risk of heart problems. Pigs’ kidneys are similar in size to human kidneys and function in much the same way.

While Slayman had been on dialysis for eight years and had had a kidney transplant and heart ... involving human kidney transplants. eGenesis isn’t the only company developing pig organs for ...