A Second Person Has Received a Pig Kidney Transplant
The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.
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 ...
FDA approves pig organ transplant trials for patients with kidney failure
The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...
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Surgeons Perform Second Pig Kidney Transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital
A team at Massachusetts General Hospital led by Harvard Medical School physician-scientists has for the second time ...
New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney
His effort paid off: Tim Andrews, 66, is only the second person known to be living with a pig kidney. Andrews is free from ...
New Hampshire man living with a pig kidney weeks after rare transplant
A Concord man is the latest recipient of an unusual procedure: He's had his kidney replaced with one from a pig.
New Hampshire man successfully receives Pig kidney in groundbreaking transplant
A 66-year-old man, Tim Andrews, has successfully undergone a pig kidney transplant, becoming the second person to do so.
Massachusetts General Hospital performs another pig kidney transplant: ‘A miracle… new lease on life’
Massachusetts General Hospital has performed its second successful genetically edited pig kidney transplant into a patient, MGH reported on Friday. The “miracle” transplant is giving 66-year-old Tim ...