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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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MEDICAL TOURISM… Nigerian Hospitals Attract Foreigners For Kidney Care, Transplant
Nigerian medical experts and specialist hospitals are making significant strides in kidney treatment and transplants.
Boston Surgeons Successfully Transplant Pig Kidney in Fourth Patient
MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth ...
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Race may affect waitlisting, allograft and transplant outcomes in autosomal dominant PKD
Race may play a role in the waitlist experience, allograft quality and transplant outcomes of patients with autosomal ...
Black kidney patients find renewed hope after rules change for transplant list
A race-based method for calculating kidney function resulted in many Black patients being lower on the transplant waitlist ...
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She's a medical miracle. Could her animal transplant success be just the beginning?
Over Sunday brunch in Manhattan recently, Looney said she also understands why the two kidney patients and especially the two heart transplant patients who went before her did not survive.
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 ...
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For Second Kidney Xenotransplant Patient Discharged, Immunosuppression Is Key
David-Alexandre C. Gros, MD, CEO at Eledon, discusses the milestone and the role of immunosuppression regimens for durable ...
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 ...
F.D.A. Approves Studies of Pig Organ Transplants for Kidney Patients
The research offers hope to tens of thousands of patients with kidney failure who are on a long waiting list for an organ ...