Experimental transplants with organs from gene-edited pigs see major steps forward
On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...
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 ...
F.D.A. Approves Studies of Pig Organ Transplants for Kidney Patients
The research offers hope to tens of thousands of patients with kidney failure who are on a long waiting list for an organ ...
Nature11d
The science behind the first pig-organ transplant trial in humans
The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.
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 ...
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 ...
Another Person Has Received a Pig Kidney Transplant
eGenesis isn’t the only company developing pig organs for human transplant. In February, the FDA approved the first large ...
The Business Journals5d
RTP firm to test pig kidneys in humans in groundbreaking trial
United Therapeutics is pioneering a new frontier in organ transplants using pig kidneys. A biotechnology company in Research Triangle Park has taken a major step to develop a new option for ...
CNN7d
Experimental transplants with organs from gene-edited pigs see major steps forward
He’ll be the first in a three-patient study and is the second person currently living in the world with a pig kidney. The team at Massachusetts General used an organ developed by Cambridge ...