Pig kidney transplant successfully completed at Massachusetts hospital
For the second time in less than a year, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically-edited pig kidney into a living person. The hospital, which completed the world's first xenotransplantation in March 2024, said the latest transplant was completed during a 2.5-hour procedure on Jan. 25.
It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as part of a new clinical trial sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration.
The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.
The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for ...
On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...
The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...
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