Successful pig-to-human kidney transplants are raising hope among some in the medical community who think the treatment could ...

New Hampshire native Tim Andrews was quite happy to spend his 67th birthday on Wednesday at Mass General Hospital (MGH). On ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

Beneath it sits the kidney of a genetically modified pig that surgeons transplanted into his body six weeks ago. Dr. Leonardo Riella squirts a cold gel on Andrews’ belly, and presses an ...

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans.

At least four live pig-kidney-to-human transplants have been reported to date, all in the United States. The patient who ...

But in February 2025, a pivotal moment was reached when the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first clinical trial testing whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs could be safely ...

Doctors at Xijing Hospital, affiliated with Air Force Medical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, recently transplanted a ...

March 25, 2025 expert reaction to study on first pig-to-human liver transplantation . A study published in Nature looks at a genetically modified pig-to-human liver transplantatio ...

Tegoprubart used as a key component of immunosuppression regimen in the second transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a human ...