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 ...
A Second Person Has Received a Pig Kidney Transplant
The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.
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Black kidney patients find renewed hope after rules change for transplant list
Since the 1990s, a race-based method for assessing kidney function placed many Black patients lower on the transplant waitlist. However, thousands of these patients were moved up the list in ...
Former NBA player Nate Robinson will watch the Super Bowl with his donor after undergoing ‘successful’ kidney transplant
Former NBA player Nate Robinson underwent a kidney transplant on Friday after dealing with renal failure for several years.
Ex-NBA Star Nate Robinson Receives Successful Kidney Transplant
After years of waiting, longtime NBA guard Nate Robinson has a new kidney. The three-time Slam Dunk Contest champion had been ...
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She's a medical miracle. Could her animal transplant success be just the beginning?
Because Looney had donated a kidney to her mother in 1999, she was at the top of the transplant list when she needed one herself about eight years ago. She waited and hoped for a human donor ...
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FDA approves pig organ transplant trials for patients with kidney failure
The Food and Drug Administration has given two biotechnology companies approval for clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs into patients with kidney failure ...
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Experimental transplants with organs from gene-edited pigs see major steps forward
Andrews had spent the better part of two years on dialysis because of end-stage kidney disease. He was on the transplant wait list for a new kidney, but his blood type made it particularly ...