Gene-edited pig kidney keeps monkey alive for 2 years, trial finds, a step toward longer-lasting human transplants By Jen Christensen , CNN 5 minute read ...

Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into brain-dead patient 1 month ago is still functioning, doctors say. Doctors say it could lead to more animal-human transplants in the future.

Two patients have received gene-edited pig hearts at the University of Maryland Medical Center. One survived for about two months in 2022; the other for nearly six weeks in 2023.

Woman speaks out after receiving gene-edited pig kidney transplant. Towana Looney says she feels "blessed" and now has a "second chance at life." By Dr. Niki Iranpour. December 18, 2024, 10:03 AM.

The pig kidney transplant comes on the heels of a procedure in January, in which surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania successfully attached a gene-edited pig liver to a brain-dead person and ...

About 13 people die every day while waiting for a kidney transplant because of a lack of organ donors, but some scientists think pigs could be the answer. In a new trial that researchers say is ...

After once losing hope because of end-stage kidney disease, a 62-year-old man is now the first living person to receive a genetically edited kidney from a pig, according to doctors at ...

A month ago, Richard Slayman became the first living person to receive a kidney transplant from a gene-edited pig. Now, a team of researchers from NYU Langone Health reports that Lisa Pisano, a 54 ...

I n a new test of xenotransplantation, a medical team at Massachusetts General Hospital announced Thursday that, for the first time, it had transplanted a kidney from a CRISPR gene-edited pig into ...

Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a third person, moving xenotransplants closer to trials. Recipient had donated a kidney to her mother, then no human organ could be found for her.

An Alabama woman has “never felt better” after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig, reports the New York Times’ Roni Caryn Rabin. When she underwent transplant surgery last ...

Gene-edited pig kidney keeps monkey alive for 2 years, trial finds, a step toward longer-lasting human transplants By Jen Christensen , CNN 5 minute read ...