Chinese scientists successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a macaque earlier this year, achieving ...

A monkey with a gene-edited pig kidney managed to survive for over six months in China as scientists continue to make ...

and liver sourced from their pigs in formal clinical trials. The kidney and heart trials will involve a typical transplantation, while the liver trial will test if these organs can be used outside ...

The first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has been discharged from hospital. The 62-year-old was sent home on Wednesday, two weeks after the ground-breaking ...

That's when he began to consider Slayman a candidate for the pig transplant surgery. Because Slayman is the first, it's not clear how long the kidney will continue to work well. "We're aiming for ...

The first person to receive a transplant of a kidney from a pig has died almost two months after the procedure, although the transplant itself does not seem to be involved. 62-year-old Rick ...

The death of a Weymouth man two months after undergoing what his doctors at Mass General Hospital described as the first successful pig-to-human kidney transplant was caused by "an unexpected ...

China has made a breakthrough in the transplantation of organs from one species into another, with the country’s first gene-edited pig kidney surviving for over half a year in a monkey.

The development could pave the way for better treatment for human patients who currently face long waits for transplants.

The death of Rick Slayman, the first man to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, was caused by an “unexpected cardiac event,” and there was no sign his body was ...

Massachusetts General Hospital The pig kidney kept on ice, ready for transplantation Five years later, the transplant failed and he had to go back on dialysis in May 2023. His prospects were not ...