In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a ...

David Bennett, left, and his son, David Jr., pose for a photo Jan. 12, 2022, five days after doctors transplanted a pig heart into Bennett Sr., in a last-ditch effort to save his life. (University ...

Lai’s team has previously grown early-stage human kidneys in pig embryos that survived for up to a month in pregnant sows. He wanted to see whether similar results were possible for the heart.

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Both US recipients of pig heart transplants died. But Towana Looney, 53, is back home in Alabama after receiving a pig kidney on November 25, 2024.

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There have been some exciting publications released in the last week. We bring you a selection across genomics and life […] ...