Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...

The transplant came after about a decade of earlier studies and transplants by Wang and his team of gene-edited organs from ...

A Chinese woman is the third person in the world living with a gene-edited pig kidney, and nearly three weeks after surgery, doctors say she's doing well. The woman, reportedly 69 years old ...

Last year, surgeons in the US carried out the first transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a male subject, who ...

Successful pig-to-human kidney transplants are raising hope among some in the medical community who think the treatment could ...

A Chinese research team has successfully completed the world's first transplant of a gene-edited pig liver into a brain-dead ...

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, ...

Last year, Penn Medicine did the first successful external liver perfusion using a gene ... pig liver into a monkey, which survived 14 days. The team said it has also done pig-to-monkey heart ...

THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A Chinese woman is the third person in the world living with a gene-edited pig ...

including a pig heart, kidney, cornea, and bone. The group also performed a skin transplant using gene-edit pig skin into a person with severe burns. The liver has remained a challenge to ...