In a world first, researchers from Sheba Medical Center and Tel Aviv University have successfully grown human kidney ...

In 2021, Montgomery’s team showed that pig kidneys modified to remove alpha-gal could work in a human body. Arguably the most successful such transplant occurred in early 2022, when David ...

But Locke said the kidney experiment could have more far-reaching impact — because it shows that a brain-dead body can be a much-needed human model to test potential new medical treatments.

It's the longest that a gene-edited pig kidney has survived and functioned in a human, said Dr. Robert Montgomery, director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute.

But Locke said the kidney experiment could have more far-reaching impact — because it shows that a brain-dead body can be a much-needed human model to test potential new medical treatments.

But Locke said the kidney experiment could have more far-reaching impact — because it shows that a brain-dead body can be a much-needed human model to test potential new medical treatments. The ...

In this photo provided by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, surgeons prepare to transplant kidneys from a genetically modified pig into the body of a deceased recipient in September 2021 ...

But Locke said the kidney experiment could have more far-reaching impact — because it shows that a brain-dead body can be a much-needed human model to test potential new medical treatments.

But Locke said the kidney experiment could have more far-reaching impact — because it shows that a brain-dead body can be a much-needed human model to test potential new medical treatments.