This is a proof of concept. The goal of the strategy is for these organs to serve as a 'bridge' to support the patient while waiting for a human organ. On March 10, 2024, a group of Chinese ...

- Transplant was conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital and authorized by the U.S. FDA under a single Expanded Access protocol CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--eGenesis, a biotechnology company ...

Novel research led by Brazilian scientists describes the immune system's reactions in detail in the first living patient to ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig organ, ...

Scientists have reached a major milestone in animal-to-human transplant research as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first human clinical trials for kidney transplants from ...

(CNN) — A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man and functioned for nine days, according to a newly published report. There has been some recent success transplanting pig ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because... The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant ...

Surgeons at New York City-based NYU Langone Health implanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into a brain-dead patient for the second time on Nov. 22. NYU Langone completed the first such ...

Towana Looney, who received a genetically modified pig kidney in November 2024, had the organ removed after her body rejected it. (Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health) The world's longest-lasting pig ...

The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...