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Behind the story of the decades-long journey of xenotransplantation
In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the ...
The Purdue Exponent5d
Pig Kidney Removed After Historic Transplant in Alabama Woman
TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have removed a genetically modified pig's kidney from an Alabama woman ...
FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure
U.S. researchers are about to test if livers from gene-edited pigs could treat people with sudden liver failure — not with a ...
Nature6d
Pig livers for people: US regulator greenlights first safety trial
Pigs bred for animal-to-human organ transplant experiments are usually genetically modified to reduce the chance that the ...
American Hospital Association6d
Mass General team performs second xenotransplant of genetically edited pig kidney
Massachusetts General Hospital performed its second successful transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney into a living ...
Becker's Hospital Review6d
Longest living pig kidney transplant recipient has organ removed
The longest-living recipient of a genetically engineered pig kidney has had the organ removed after experiencing acute organ rejection, surgeons at New York City-based NYU Langone told The New York ...
This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?
Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had ...