The FDA has given approval for the first clinical trials of pig kidney transplants in humans, representing a significant advancement in addressing the organ shortage crisis.

FDA approves the first clinical trials for pig kidney transplants in humans, testing genetically modified pig organs.

which hit the headlines earlier this year when it was used to prevent rejection of the world's first transplant of a pig kidney into a human patient. The results with the first two of a planned ...

Another patient has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in ...

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S.

A 66-year-old man has become the fourth person in the world to receive a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, performed by surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US.

MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S. The recipient of the genetically ...