The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.
It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as part of a new clinical trial sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration.
For the second time in less than a year, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically-edited pig ...
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 ...
A Concord man is the latest recipient of an unusual procedure: He's had his kidney replaced with one from a pig.
A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...
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 ...
A 66-year-old man, Tim Andrews, has successfully undergone a pig kidney transplant, becoming the second person to do so.
Towana Looney, a woman from Alabama who last year became the third person to undergo a pig kidney transplant, is reportedly still recovering well after her surgery. Having now passed two months ...
NEW YORK — Towana Looney is waiting to check in with her doctors at NYU Langone Health when it registers that she's passing a major milestone in her recovery from a kidney transplant.
But the transplants performed so far, outside of rigorous clinical trials, provide limited evidence. "If this person lives for a good long time, whatever that means — six months, a year, longer — with ...