Scientists tracked how human immune cells attack pig kidneys after transplant—and found a way to fight back using precision ...

But there's a problem, and a big one at that: The body naturally wants to reject any tissue it knows it didn't manufacture.

Solid organ transplantation provides life-saving and life-enhancing treatments for patients with end-stage organ failure.1,2 ...

Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using spatial molecular imaging to map immune activity down to the cellular level.

A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human kidney ...

In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a ...

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 ...

Tim Andrews smiles as he leaves Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Feb. 1, following his pig kidney transplant. (Kate Flock/Massachusetts General Hospital/The Associated Press) ...

Richard Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, was the recipient of the world’s first successful transplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney. He died less than two months after the historic transplant.

MGH performs its second, world’s fourth genetically altered pig kidney transplant By Emily Spatz Globe Correspondent,Updated February 7, 2025, 2:49 p.m.

Tim Andrews of Concord, N.H., following his surgery to receive a genetically edited pig kidney at Massachusetts General Hospital Credit - Kate Flock—MGH Photography The second person ever has ...