New Hampshire man is 2nd recipient of a pig kidney from Massachusetts General Hospital
For the second time, Massachusetts General Hospital has transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a human.
76-Year-Old Donor Saves 5 Lives In 12 Hours With Double-Hand, Kidney, Lung And Cornea Transplants!
A 76-year-old donor saved five lives in a historic 12-hour surgery at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad. The transplants included ...
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Pennsylvania woman hears deceased son’s heart beat inside Michigan transplant recipient
And for me, knowing that he was able to give to others and others who are able to live on because of his donation is the most ...
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 ...
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First Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Functioned Until Recipient's Death
The first recipient of a gene-edited pig kidney died from cardiac causes 52 days after xenotransplantation. The world's first ...
Mississippi Air Guard’s kidney donation finds recipient in Alabama Airman
Master Sgt. Ron Bohl’s didn’t hesitate when he learned that his brother, Matthew, was battling stage 5 kidney disease, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Boston Surgeons Successfully Transplant Pig Kidney in Fourth Patient
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S.&nb ...
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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 ...
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EBV exposure linked to life-threatening cancer risk in kidney transplant patients
More than 90% of the adult population in the U.S. is or has been infected with Epstein Barr virus (EBV). EBV is a highly contagious member of the herpes virus family, best known for causing infectious ...
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 ...