In a remarkable advancement in the field of xenotransplantation, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) successfully performed a kidney transplant from a genetically edited pig to a human ...

A 62-year-old man has died months after becoming the world’s first living recipient of a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, hailed as a medical milestone.

Doctors say Lisa Pisano, who received a pig kidney transplant, is back on dialysis after surgeons removed the gradually failing organ. Pisano was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene ...

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 ...

AAV relapse following transplantation significantly increased the risk of graft failure and may be linked to ANCA positivity.

When kidney transplant patients at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Transplant Institute celebrate their ...

Towana Looney's transplanted pig kidney was removed after 130 days due to rejection. This was the longest a human had survived with a pig kidney transplant. She has returned to dialysis and awaits ...

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine performed a kidney transplant on an awake patient, marking a first for the Chicago-based healthcare system. The patient, 28-year-old John Nicholas of Chicago ...

John Nicholas, 28, was awake during his kidney transplant procedure, performed on May 24 at Northwestern Medicine Hospital. See the details and photos, plus Dr. Marc Siegel's input.

At 9 a.m., Dr. Alban Longchamp and Dr. Tatsuo Kawai, transplant surgeons at Mass General, opened the pig’s abdomen and prepared the animal for the surgery. At 10:30, they sewed the kidney in.