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

MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth ...

The surgery comes at a turning point in the quest to tell if animal-to-human transplants could help ease the shortage of ...

The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for ...

He suffered a heart ... pig organs a viable, long-term solution for patients," Kawai said in a statement to The Times. "Although we have a long way to go to make that a reality, this transplant ...

Massachusetts General Hospital has performed its second successful genetically edited pig kidney transplant into a patient, MGH reported on Friday. The “miracle” transplant is giving 66-year-old Tim ...

A Concord man is the latest recipient of an unusual procedure: He's had his kidney replaced with one from a pig.

David-Alexandre C. Gros, MD, CEO at Eledon, discusses the milestone and the role of immunosuppression regimens for durable ...

But Riella said intense exams showed Andrews’ “heart was in the best ... only other person who knew what a pig kidney transplant was like — the NYU patient, Towana Looney.