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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The Organ Transplantation System Is Inequitable. Modernized Data Can Help Fix That
In the absence of accessible, integrated, multidimensional patient data, the organ transplant system will remain both highly ...
MGH performs its second, world’s fourth genetically altered pig kidney transplant
The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for ...
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Memorial Health System earns national recognition for promoting organ, eye and tissue donation
Marietta Memorial Hospital has earned national recognition for its efforts to increase organ, eye and tissue donor ...
Organ transplant patient speaks on the importance of organ donations
Knight received his second kidney transplant on September 26, 2024, and explains the struggle and then relief of receiving an ...
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Longest Pig Organ Transplant Survivor Passes 60 Days With New Kidney
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- An Alabama woman has become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ ...
Alabama woman becomes longest living recipient of pig organ transplant
Towana Looney, an Alabama woman who received a gene-edited pig kidney transplant, has surpassed two months post-surgery, ...
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Alabama woman who is the only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months
An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting.
NH man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney after transplant at Mass. General Hospital
A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be ...