With the procedure, Tim Andrews, 66, of Concord, New Hampshire, became the fourth person in the world to receive a genetically-edited pig kidney. He is only the second person known to be living ...

New Hampshire native Tim Andrews was quite happy to spend his 67th birthday on Wednesday at Mass General Hospital (MGH). On ...

Tim Andrews is recovering well after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Massachusetts General Hospital is ...

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A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant ... Initially, six patients will receive pig kidneys — and if they fare well over six months, up to 50 additional patients ...

BOSTON — 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 small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment.

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States.

A pig’s heart beating in a human? This medical feat has already been achieved – at least for a short time. Kidneys from animals have also been transplanted. Last year, a 62-year-old man lived ...

Beneath it sits the kidney of a genetically modified pig that surgeons transplanted into his body six weeks ago. Dr. Leonardo Riella squirts a cold gel on Andrews’ belly, and presses an ...