Surgeons Transplant Engineered Pig Kidney Into Fourth Patient
It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as ...
NH man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney after MGH transplant
The surgery comes at a turning point in the quest to tell if animal-to-human transplants could help ease the shortage of ...
MGH performs its second, world’s fourth genetically altered pig kidney transplant
The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for ...
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FDA Approves Transplant Trials for Gene-Edited Pig Kidneys
The FDA will allow two biotechnology companies to run clinical trials: United Therapeutics and eGenesis. United Therapeutics ...
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Fourth person receives eGenesis’ gene-edited pig kidney transplant
A 66-year-old man has become the fourth person in the world to receive a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, performed ...
Becker's Hospital Review5d
More systems test pig kidney transplants
Discover the latest breakthrough in organ transplantation as a 66-year-old man becomes the fourth person in the U.S. to receive a pig kidney transplant at Mass ...
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New Hampshire man who ‘was ready to fight’ becomes second known person living with pig kidney
But the fifth xenotransplant recipient, an Alabama woman ... will receive pig kidneys — and if they fare well over six months, up to 50 additional patients will receive transplants.