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 ...
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FDA Approves Clinical Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants ...
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The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months
Towana Looney, who received a pig kidney transplant in November 2024, goes over notes about her recovery with Dr. Jeffrey Stern at NYU Langone Health in New York, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.
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Longest Pig Organ Transplant Survivor Passes 60 Days With New Kidney
Longest Pig Organ Transplant Survivor Passes 60 Days With New Kidney By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- An Alabama woman has become the longest-living ...
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The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months
An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting.