A biotechnology company in Research Triangle Park has taken a major step to develop a new option for patients in need of a ...

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The transplant, part of a three-person compassionate use study, used a pig kidney with 69 gene edits provided by U ...

Andrews is just one of two persons surviving with a pig kidney. He is the fourth live recipient in history. The first four pig organ transplants — two hearts and two kidneys — were short-lived. The ...

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S.

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

A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment. His effort pa ...

A 66-year-old man has become the fourth person in the world to receive a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, performed by surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US.