In the U.S. last year, surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania attempted that sort of “bridge” support by externally ...

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

But in February 2025, a pivotal moment was reached when the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first clinical trial testing whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs could be safely ...

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 ...

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

NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Three months after her breakthrough surgery at NYU Langone Health, Towana Looney, the longest-living recipient of a genetically engineered pig kidney ...

Doctors at Xijing Hospital, affiliated with Air Force Medical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, recently transplanted a multi-gene-edited pig kidney into a patient with end-stage renal ...

XI'AN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese medical team has successfully transplanted a gene-engineered pig kidney into a uremic patient, marking a major clinical milestone in cross-species organ ...