The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.

The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for ...

For the second time in less than a year, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically-edited pig ...

Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable human organs. More than 100,000 people are on the U.S. transplant list ...

Montgomery, who himself received a human heart transplant in 2018, says researchers hope that someday genetically modified pig organs can solve the organ shortage, saving thousands of lives every ...

represents a major step forward in the quest to use animal organs to address the critical shortage of human transplants. Her kidney, taken from a genetically altered pig, is functioning ...

For example, a high profile pig heart transplantation from 2023 ended in tragedy: Lawrence Faucette, who received his pig heart after no suitable human donor could be found for him, survived for ...

Montgomery, who himself received a human heart transplant in 2018, says researchers hope that someday genetically modified pig organs can solve the organ shortage, saving thousands of lives every year ...