A Chinese medical team has successfully transplanted a gene-engineered pig kidney into a uremic patient, marking a major ...

Tegoprubart used as a key component of immunosuppression regimen in the second transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a human ...

New Hampshire native Tim Andrews was quite happy to spend his 67th birthday on Wednesday at Mass General Hospital (MGH). On ...

Tim Andrews is recovering well after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Massachusetts General Hospital is ...

At least four live pig-kidney-to-human transplants have been reported to date, all in the United States. The patient who underwent the transplant last November is the longest-surviving recipient ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

The xenotransplantation approach seeks to alleviate shortage of human organs, and could potentially provide a lifeline to ...

During the November 25, 2024, transplant surgery at NYU Langone's Kimmel Pavilion, Looney received a kidney from a 10-gene-edited pig, becoming only the third person in the world to receive a pig ...

Tim Andrews had not felt great in a long time, but he says all that changed when he became the second patient at Massachusetts General Hospital to undergo a pig kidney transplant.

NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Three months after her breakthrough surgery at NYU Langone Health, Towana Looney, the longest-living recipient of a genetically engineered pig kidney, is ...