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66-year-old man receives pig kidney transplant

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Another Person Has Received a Pig Kidney Transplant

Another patient has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in Concord, N.H., has end-stage kidney disease and had been on dialysis for more than two years to compensate for his failing kidney function.

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Boston Surgeons Successfully Transplant Pig Kidney in Fourth Patient

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 modified pig organ was a 66-year-old man with kidney failure, surgeons said.

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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 donated human organs.

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Experimental transplants with organs from gene-edited pigs see major steps forward

On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...

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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 ...

The science behind the first pig-organ transplant trial in humans

The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.

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