Tim Andrews is recovering well after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Massachusetts General Hospital is ...

So he asked Mass General if he could get a pig kidney instead. “I told them. ‘Anything, I’ll do anything. You give me a list of things you want me to do, and I’ll do it.’” Mass General ...

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States.

Tim Andrews had not felt great in a long time, but he says all that changed when he became the second patient at Massachusetts General Hospital to undergo a pig kidney transplant. "During the dialysis ...

BOSTON — A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant ... and recovering so well from the Jan. 25 transplant that he left the hospital a week later.

A pig’s heart beating in a human? This medical feat has already been achieved – at least for a short time. Kidneys from animals have also been transplanted. Last year, a 62-year-old man lived ...

“He can say scientifically what’s going to happen,” Andrews said, gesturing toward his doctor, “but she’s got one in her.” Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital perform a pig ...

Just one week after receiving the pig kidney ... “When I got out of the recovery room and went to the intensive care unit, I actually tap-danced between the table and my bed,” he added.