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The doctor who believes pig hearts could end our organ shortage
Surgeon Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin is a leader in the novel field of xenotransplantation—transferring organs from one species ...
The Battalion4d
FDA approves first clinical trial for genetically-engineered pig kidney transplants into humans
In March, two biotechnology companies were given the greenlight by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to conduct ...
The Manila Times on MSN17d
Chinese Doctors Implant Pig Liver In Human For First Time
Chinese doctors said that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first ...
Medscape10d
Second Pig Kidney Transplant Success and FDA Trial Approval
Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...
Al Jazeera27d
Could titanium hearts be a solution to a global heart donor shortage?
An Australian man lived with a titanium artificial heart for more than 100 days before receiving a real heart.
Time18d
Scientists Transplant a Gene-Edited Pig Liver Into a Person
In the past year, doctors have performed history-making transplants, placing genetically modified pig kidneys and pig hearts into patients. Now, a group of doctors and scientists in China report ...
CNN18d
Experimental transplant of gene-edited pig liver into human offers hope for new frontier of research
Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...